DATE |
EVENT |
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January 24 |
Iowa Caucus; Alaska GOP caucus |
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February 1 |
New Hampshire primary |
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February 7-13 |
Hawaii GOP caucus |
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February 8 |
Delaware GOP primary |
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February 19 |
South Carolina GOP primary |
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February 22 |
Arizona GOP primary; Michigan GOP primary |
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February 23 |
Nevada GOP caucus (Clark County/Las Vegas only; see 3/21) |
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February 29 |
North Dakota GOP caucus; Virginia GOP primary; Washington GOP primary |
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March 7 |
California primary; Connecticut primary; Georgia primary; Hawaii Democratic caucus; Idaho Democratic caucus; Maine primary, Maryland primary; Massachusetts primary; New York primary; North Dakota Democratic caucus; Ohio primary; Rhode Island primary; Vermont primary; Washington caucus |
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March 9 |
South Carolina Democratic primary |
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March 10 |
Colorado primary; Utah primary; Wyoming GOP caucus |
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March 11 |
Arizona Democratic primary; Michigan Democratic primary; Minnesota Democratic caucus |
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March 12 |
Nevada Democratic caucus |
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March 14 |
Florida primary; Louisiana primary; Mississippi primary; Oklahoma primary; Tennessee primary; Texas primary |
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March 21 |
Illinois primary; Nevada GOP caucus (rest of state; see 2/23) |
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March 27 |
Delaware Democratic caucus |
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March 28 |
Wyoming Democratic caucus |
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April 4 |
Kansas primary; Pennsylvania primary; Wisconsin primary |
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April 15, 17 |
Virginia Democratic caucus |
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April 22 |
Alaska Democratic caucus |
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May 2 |
D.C. primary; Indiana primary; North Carolina Primary |
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May 9 |
Nebraska primary; West Virginia primary |
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May 16 |
Oregon primary |
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May 23 |
Arkansas primary; Idaho GOP primary; Kentucky primary |
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June 6 |
Alabama primary; Montana primary; New Jersey primary; New Mexico primary; South Dakota primary |
NOTE: Independents can vote in either party’s primary in New Hampshire (where Independents comprise 37% of the electorate) and Utah; they can vote in the GOP primary in Maryland, but not the Democratic. In addition, any registered voter may participate in either primary in: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin. [In some of these states, laws require that voters declare their party preference when they request a party ballot, but they may still vote in either primary.]
*Information is from Ken Rudin’s “Political Junkie” column in the Washington Post (December 24, 1999): http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/archive/junkie122499.htm