Iowa Democratic Party will assign delegates over weekend

[February 08, 2020]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Iowa Democratic Party will allocate national delegates over the weekend based on the results of the Midwestern state's presidential nomination contest held earlier this week, a state party leader said.

Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price speaks ahead of the Iowa Caucus results announcement in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Brenna Norman

"We allocate the national delegates and we'll be doing that over the weekend," Iowa Democratic Party leader Troy Price said on Friday at a news conference, adding that the party would hold another news conference on Monday afternoon.

(Reporting by Jason Lange and Tim Ahmann; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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