As earlier reported, on May 3 the Florida legislature moved that state’s presidential primary to one week after the New Hampshire primaries. Since the New Hampshire primary is set for January 22, that would mean a January 29 primary for Florida.

Later that day, the South Carolina Republican Party state chair, Katon Dawson, said, “South Carolina is going to move. We’ll do it at Halloween and have our version of trick-or-treat, if that’s the case.” New Hampshire state representative Jim Ryan, an official of that state’s Democratic Party, predicted that New Hampshire will move its primary to an earlier day (no legislative action is needed; the New Hampshire Secretary of State chooses the date). Former Iowa Democratic Party state chair Rob Tully predicted that Iowa would move its caucus to the first week in January.