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2008 Presidential Primary Calendar

Last updated January 9, 2008

As it stands right now 34 states will hold presidential primaries or caucuses on or before February 5, with 24 of these contests to be held on February 5.  The following lists presents candidate selection process in date order.  A list in state order is also available.  All dates are subject to change, and a handful of states, including Michigan and New Hampshire, are virtually certain to change their dates.

Date	State	Party	Primary/Caucus
January 3	Iowa	D&R	Caucuses
January 5	Wyoming	R	County Convention
January 8	New Hampshire	D&R	Primary
January 15	Michigan	D&R	Primary
January 19	Nevada	D&R	Caucuses
January 19	South Carolina	R	Primary
January 25	Hawaii	R	Caucuses (1/25-2/7)
January 26	South Carolina	D	Primary
January 29	Florida	D&R	Primary
February 1	Maine	R	Caucuses (2/1-2/3)
February 5	Alabama	D&R	Primary
February 5	Alaska	D&R	Caucuses
February 5	Arizona	D&R	Primary
February 5	Arkansas	D&R	Primary
February 5	California	D&R	Primary
February 5	Colorado	D&R	Caucuses
February 5	Connecticut	D&R	Primary
February 5	Delaware	D&R	Primary
February 5	Georgia	D&R	Primary
February 5	Idaho	D	Caucuses
February 5	Illinois	D&R	Primary
February 5	Kansas	D	Caucuses
February 5	Massachusetts	D&R	Primary
February 5	Minnesota	D&R	Caucuses
February 5	Missouri	D&R	Primary
February 5	Montana	R	Caucuses
February 5	New Jersey	D&R	Primary
February 5	New Mexico	D	Primary
February 5	New York	D&R	Primary
February 5	North Dakota	D&R	Caucuses
February 5	Oklahoma	D&R	Primary
February 5	Tennessee	D&R	Primary
February 5	Utah	D&R	Primary
February 5	West Virginia	R	State convention
February 9	Kansas	R	Caucses
February 9	Louisiana	D&R	D-Primary; R-Caucuses
February 9	Nebraska	D	Caucuses
February 9	Washington	D&R	Caucuses
February 10	Maine	D	Caucuses
February 12	District of Columbia	D&R	D-Caucuses; R-Primary
February 12	Maryland	D&R	Primary
February 12	Virginia	D&R	Primary
February 19	Hawaii	D	Caucuses
February 19	Wisconsin	D&R	Primary
March 4	Rhode Island	D&R	Primary
March 4	Ohio	D&R	Primary
March 4	Texas	D&R	Primary
March 4	Vermont	D&R	Primary
March 8	Wyoming	D	Caucuses
March 11	Mississippi	D&R	Primary
April 22	Pennsylvania	D&R	Primary
May 6	Indiana	D&R	Primary
May 6	North Carolina	D&R	Primary
May 13	Nebraska	R	Advisory-only primary
May 13	West Virginia	D	Primary
May 20	Kentucky	D&R	Primary
May 20	Oregon	D&R	Primary
May 27	Idaho	D&R	D-Non-binding primary; R-Primary
June 3	Montana	D	Primary
June 3	New Mexico	R	Primary
June 3	South Dakota	D&R	Primary
June 28	Nebraska	R	State Convention