Nevada Closer To Moving in Front of the Election Line Iowa's "first in the nation" caucuses, along with New Hampshire's "first in the nation" primary suffered another threat to their spot in line as the state of Nevada assembly and state Senate both approved a measure that would give the state leverage to push itself ahead of the fray starting in 2024. Why is being in front of the election process so important to these states? Former United States Senate majority leader Harry Reid and several colleagues have, for years, been pushing to get their state a more prominent seat at the table, taking a bit of a swipe at Iowa and New Hampshire in saying their state has a more "diverse" population than the other two and is more representative of a cross-section of American voters.