{Political_Views} Republicans threaten to take away N.H.'s favored first-in-the-nation primary status

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News from The Hill: Republicans threaten to take away N.H.'s favored first-in-the-nation primary status By Cameron Joseph Republicans are pressuring New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner to put his state's primary late enough to allow Iowa's caucus to be in January, and are threatening the state with the loss of its favored status as the first-in-the-nation primary if he doesn't do so. Gardner, who is not affiliated with a political party, has the sole authority to set New Hampshire's primary date. A spokesperson in his office said he has no plans to make a decision before next week. The Republican primary calendar was scrambled when Florida decided to move its primary up to Jan. 31, triggering a domino effect where the four early-voting states had to move their primaries and caucuses up. South Carolina scheduled its primary for Jan. 21, and Nevada announced Wednesday night that it would hold its caucus Jan. 14. New Hampshire's law requires it to hold its primary seven days before a "similar election" and it traditionally holds its primary on a Tuesday. Gardner has so far taken the view that Nevada, a caucus, qualifies a "similar election," but Republicans are pushing him to reconsider that standpoint. Read the complete story here.

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