"Nevada voters from both major parties will again have an early say in who they want to be their next presidential nominee.
"During its atypical Republican National Committee midterm convention in Texas last week, the party affirmed its 2028 presidential primary schedule that maintains the Nevada Republican Party’s third position."
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"Last presidential election cycle, the Nevada Republican Party unsuccessfully sued to block the state’s official process for Republicans. Nevertheless, the party and President Donald Trump skipped it in favor of caucuses two days later, which designated delegates.
"It wasn’t clear Monday what direction the party will take in 2028. The Nevada Republican Party and Chairman Michael McDonald did not immediately return messages seeking comment."
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Noteworthy: The Nevada side of this story is the opposite of that in South Carolina as the two have formally switched places for 2028. Yes, the Republican National Committee claimed coming out of the Dallas summer meeting that "no states were added, removed or changed in its 2028 lineup decision," but that is somewhat misleading.
The four states in the Republican early window are the same as they were in 2024 and in the same order as each ended up being in the last cycle. However, unlike 2024, the Rules of the Republican Party were amended for 2028 last week to reflect an official flipping of Nevada's and South Carolina's positions on the Republican calendar.
Yes, that is a nitpicky little detail, but a change was made.
Some of what drove that change is no doubt a desire on the part of Republicans in the Palmetto state to, as Democratic kingmaker Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) has said, bat clean up in the early window before Super Tuesday.
But FHQ is curious if Silver state Republicans were passive bystanders in the RNC fulfilling a South Carolina preference. If, alternatively, the Nevada Republican Party was a more active participant in that process, then was that spurred by the state-run primary being so early in February (earlier than where South Carolina Republicans preferred to schedule their presidential primary)? By extension, is that any indication of the state party's intention to use the state-run primary option for 2028, one the party sued to stop and opted out of during the last cycle?
Those questions, among others regarding the Republican calendar process/rules, remain unanswered at this point.
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