Nevada eyes Feb. 4 caucus date

(CNN) - Nevada might move its caucus date when state Republican leaders meet Saturday, potentially ending a bitter showdown with New Hampshire that threatens to create chaos in the primary calendar.

The Nevada Republican Party's executive committee will consider moving the state caucus from the currently scheduled January 14 to February 4, a Saturday, two Republican sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Nevada has come under tremendous pressure to move its caucus date because of New Hampshire. That state wants to be second on the nominating calendar, and says there is no acceptable date if Iowa goes on January 3 and Nevada goes on January 14. New Hampshire law says there must be seven days between its primary and similar contests.

Nevada Republican consultant Robert Uithoven has been talking to state activists about the date and the possible change.

"I think there is a good chance Nevada will move back to February 4," Uithoven told CNN.

He said the big motivator is a threat by the Republican National Committee that Nevada would lose half its delegates if it goes with January 14. The state would hope to avoid any sanction by going with the February date, but still remain a key early state in the nominating process.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, who was in Nevada this week for the Western Republican Leadership Conference, has been talking to state party officials to help work out a solution and favors moving the date to February 4, one GOP source told CNN.

RNC spokesman Sean Spicer would not confirm that.

"We are working with all of the states to achieve an orderly process," Spicer said.

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