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RALEIGH — Republican Presidential hopefuls are busy crisscrossing Iowa this week in hopes of snagging the first victory of the political season in the caucuses.

Following Iowa, they move on to New Hampshire, then South Carolina and then on. The candidates will not be looking for any North Carolina votes, though, until May.

“There is the possibility there will be no North Carolina race by the time it gets to North Carolina,” said Mitch Kokai, with the conservative John Locke Foundation. “Which means you would not have to see a whole lot of a ground game going on in the state for the primary.”

In fact, filing doesn't start until mid-February, well after multiple primaries will have occurred, and some candidates could have been eliminated. Kokai said primary activity in North Carolina may be a distant thought for the presidential hopefuls.

However one Republican front runner's campaign said they are ready to go in North Carolina. Newt Gingrich has already announced his N.C. campaign team.

“You have to be on and ready to go at curtain time in state, but it requires a lot of ground work, said Newt 2012 Finance Director for North Carolina Kieran Shanahan.

Shanahan said he believes his candidate is the right man for the job, but adds that no matter who the Republican nominee is, they will have a tough battle to win the White House.

“We have real problems that need real solutions,” said Shanahan. “But it will be a real fight in North Carolina . Both in the primary, and no doubt about it, in the general election between Barack Obama and whoever the nominee is.”

There has been little activity in actually setting up offices for any of the Republican candidates here in North Carolina. President Obama's re-election campaign has already opened four headquarters this year in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro and Fayetteville.