Jessica Estepa

USA TODAY

This post has been updated.

Ben Carson is in to win it — so much so that he is not only having a victory party, but he's planning on speaking at said party before the results of Monday night's Iowa caucuses are even in.

Yahoo's Chris Moody tweeted the presidential candidate's plans about 20 minutes before the caucuses were set to begin.

He's not planning on going to New Hampshire or South Carolina, which will hold primaries on later this month. Instead, he's going home for some R&R.

No matter what the results are in Iowa, Carson has no plans to drop out of the presidential race, Carson's campaign told Moody.

The campaign told PBS Newshaur's Lisa Desjardins that the candidate is leaving the state ahead of a blizzard set to hit the state after the caucuses end. And he also needs to get more clothes.

The campaign later reiterated that Carson was not suspending his campaign.

"After spending 18 consecutive days on the campaign trail, Dr. Carson needs to go home and get a fresh set of clothes," Carson communications director Larry Ross said in a statement. "He will be departing Des Moines later tonight to avoid the snow storm and will be back on the trail Wednesday."

Carson, who was at 8% in the final Iowa poll before the caucuses, is hardly the only candidate ducking out of the Hawkeye State on Monday. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who were all polling below 4%, all left Iowa before caucusing even began.