BISMARCK — North Dakota's Republican Gov. Doug Burgum plans to travel to Iowa next week to campaign for President Donald Trump.

Burgum campaign spokesman Mike Schrimpf said the governor will make the trip "because he understands how important it is to re-elect the president this year."

Burgum will be one of about 80 Republican elected officials and prominent supporters to promote the president's reelection campaign during the Iowa Caucus on Monday, Feb. 3. Others making the trip to Iowa include Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. House Leader Kevin McCarthy, Education Secretary Betsy Devos and Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., according to the Washington Post.

Most attention Monday will be on the 12 Democratic candidates vying for the party's nomination, however, Republicans will also hold a caucus, which Trump is expected to win easily. The Iowa Caucus is the nation's first contest during presidential primary season.

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said sending the Trump backers to Iowa was "a preview of what is to come."

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"This will be the strongest, best funded, and most organized presidential campaign in history," Parscale said in a statement. "We are putting the Democrats on notice — good luck trying to keep up with this formidable reelection machine."