Presidential primary, caucus and party convention dates

Presidential primary, caucus and party convention dates

*States in bold hold Democratic or Republican primaries on separate dates. Earliest dates represented here.
Kansas' Legislature voted not to hold a presidential primary in 2008.
Some dates may change, in particular New Hampshire.
Michigan date pending governor's confirmation.

Caucus: Private meeting of party members to select a candidate or delegates for a state or national nominating convention.
Primary: A state level election to nominate a party's candidate for office.

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND CAUCUS DATES

2008	Multi-party primaries	Dem	Rep	2004	Multi-party primaries	Dem	Rep
January
3	Iowa
5			Wyoming
14				19	Iowa caucuses
15	Michigan
19	Nevada caucuses		South Carolina	27	New Hampshire
22	New Hampshire
29	Florida	South Carolina
February
2			Maine caucus	3	Missouri North Dakota Oklahoma	Arizona Delaware New Mexico caucus South Carolina
5	Alabama Alaska caucuses, Arizona Arkansas California	Idaho caucus		7		Michigan caucus Washington caucus
	Colorado caucuses, Connecticut Delaware Georgia	New Mexico caucus		8		Maine caucus
	Illinois			10	Tennessee	Virginia
	Minnesota caucuses, Missouri			14		Nevada caucus
	New Jersey New York			17	Wisconsin
	North Dakota caucuses			24		Hawaii caucus Idaho caucus Utah caucus
	Oklahoma Tennessee Utah
9	Louisiana Washington caucuses	Nebraska caucus
10		Maine caucus
12	Maryland Virginia
19	Washington Wisconsin
26		Hawaii caucus
March
2			Hawaii caucus	2	California Connecticut Georgia
4	Massachusetts Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas Vermont				Ohio Maryland Massachusetts
8		Wyoming caucus			Minnesota caucus, New York
11	Mississippi				Rhode Island Vermont
				9	Florida Louisiana Mississippi Texas		Washington caucus
				13		Kansas caucus
				16	Illinois
				20		Alaska caucus Wyoming caucus
				27			South Carolina caucus
April
22	Pennsylvania (considering 12 Feb, 4 March)			13	Colorado
				17		North Carolina caucus
				24			Kansas caucus
				27	Pennsylvania
				29		Nevada caucus
May
6	Indiana North Carolina			4	Indiana North Carolina
13	Nebraska West Virginia			8			Arizona caucus, Utah caucus
20	Kentucky Oregon						Wyoming Caucus
27	Idaho			11	Nebraska West Virginia
				14			Delaware caucus
				15			Maine caucus
				18	Arkansas Kentucky Oregon
				21			Alaska caucus, Michigan caucus
							North Carolina caucus
				25	Idaho
June
3	Montana New Mexico South Dakota			1	Alabama, New Mexico South Dakota
				4			Hawaii caucus
				5			Virginia caucus
				8	Montana New Jersey
Democratic National Convention
25 - 28 Aug	Denver, Colorado			26 - 29 July	Boston, Massachusetts
Republican National Convention
1-4 Sep	Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota			30 Aug- 2 Sep	New York
Source: Stateline.org