Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau

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The move, designed to give people of color a more prominent role in the presidential nominating process, could have huge ramifications for Democratic politics in Iowa and the national campaign process.

The change sets up a showdown between the Iowa Democratic Party and the national Democrats, as state Democrats navigate complying with being booted from the early window while following state law.

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The senators, both Republicans, said the move would provide cheaper fuel to consumers and certainty to farmers and ethanol producers.

The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee will meet Thursday through Saturday in Washington, D.C., and the committee is expected to vote on the party’s presidential nominating calendar, potentially knocking Iowa off the first-in-the-nation spot it has held for half a century.

Iowa’s U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst said the decree violates the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the trade agreement between the North American countries.

Iowa has been allocated $2.2 billion under the infrastructure bill passed a year ago so far, according to the White House. That includes funds for road maintenance, airports, water quality and more. More funding will be allocated over the five-year span of the law.

The bill was one of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ flagship policy proposals during the last session, and she campaigned this year on bringing a similar measure back in the next session.

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Gov. Kim Reynolds campaigned on directing millions in taxpayer dollars to private school tuition assistance.

Neither political party thinks Tuesday’s election results make Iowa a “red state.”

The results suggest a continuation of the urban-rural divide playing out across the nation, as well as the move of Iowa counties near the Mississippi River toward the Republican Party.