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Iowa Republicans have set January 3 as the date for the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses, two members of the committee that will formally decide the date tell CNN.

Drew Ivers, a member of the Iowa GOP Central Committee, told CNN that January 3 is the "consensus date." Another member, A.J. Spiker, said, "The 3rd will clearly be the date."

Ivers and Spiker told CNN the entire committee discussed the date by telephone. Iowa Republicans said a date has not been officially decided and won't be until the committee meets formally and sets the date, but Spiker said that was merely a formality.

Iowa traditionally holds the first nominating contest in the nation and the date of its caucuses were up in the air because Florida moved its primary to the last day in January and threw the rest of the GOP calendar into disarray. Party rules call for Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina to hold the first caucuses and primaries.

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