Presidential Primary Election Calendar

Ready or not, the primaries are coming sooner than ever this year. Are you registered to vote? Do you know when your state’s primary election is to be held?

Here is a complete calendar of primaries, caucuses, and party conventions for 2008.

(Don’t forget, you can vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. even if he is not on the ballot as a write-in candidate!)

January 2008

1/3 Iowa Presidential Caucuses

1/8 District of Columbia Presidential Primary (Democratic) and Caucus (Republican)

1/8 New Hampshire Presidential Primaries

1/19 Nevada Presidential Primary (Republican) and Caucus (Democratic)

Wyoming Presidential Caucuses

1/29 South Carolina Democratic Primary

Florida Presidential Primaries

February 2008

2/2 South Carolina Republican Primary

2/5 Alabama Presidential Primaries

Alaska Presidential Caucuses

Arizona Presidential Primary (Democratic) and Caucus (Republican)

Arkansas Presidential Primaries

California Presidential Primaries

Colorado Presidential Caucuses

Connecticut Presidential Primaries

Delaware Presidential Primaries

Georgia Presidential Primaries

Illinois Presidential Primaries

Kansas Presidential Caucuses

Michigan Presidential Primaries

Missouri Presidential Primaries

New Jersey Presidential Primaries

New Mexico Presidential Caucuses

New York Presidential Primaries

North Carolina Presidential Primaries

North Dakota Presidential Primaries

Oklahoma Presidential Primaries

Oregon Presidential Primaries

Rhode Island Presidential Primaries

Tennessee Presidential Primaries

Utah Presidential Primaries

2/9 Louisiana Presidential Primaries

Washington Presidential Caucuses

2/10 Maine Democratic Caucus

2/12 Maryland Presidential Primaries

Virginia Presidential Primaries

2/19 Wisconsin Presidential Primaries

2/26 Hawaii Democratic Caucus

March 2008

3/2 Hawaii Republican Caucus

3/4 Massachusetts Presidential Primaries

Minnesota Presidential Caucuses

Ohio Presidential Primaries

Pennsylvania Presidential Primaries

Texas Presidential Primaries

Vermont Presidential Primaries

3/11 Mississippi Presidential Primaries

3/21 Maine Republican Caucus

May 2008

5/6 Indiana Presidential Primaries

5/13 Nebraska Presidential Primaries

West Virginia Presidential Caucuses (Republicans will nominate at a state convention)

5/20 Kentucky Presidential Primaries

5/27 Idaho Presidential Primary (Republican) and Caucus (Democratic)

June 2008

6/3 South Dakota Presidential Primaries

Montana Presidential Primaries

August 2008

8/25-8/28 Democratic National Convention in Denver

September 2008

9/1-9/4 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul

November 2008

11/4 Election Day

*For more information on the upcoming elections, to get registered to vote or to find your local polling place, click here.