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Official primary caucus election dates
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Delegates
to national party conventions are selected through direct primary elections,
state caucuses, and state conventions. The process continues through June,
but in previous cycles, including 2004, the Democratic and Republican
candidates were effectively chosen by the March primaries, because the
leading candidates had collected enough committed delegates to win in the
national convention. Most third parties select delegates to their national
conventions through state conventions.
Democratic primaries and caucuses
January 14, 2008 - Iowa
January 19, 2008 - Nevada
January 22, 2008 - New Hampshire
January 29, 2008 - South Carolina
February 5, 2008 - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Missouri, New
Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma,Utah
February 12, 2008 - District of Columbia, Tennessee, Virginia
February 19, 2008 - Wisconsin
February 26, 2008 - Hawaii, Idaho
March 2008 (date to be determined) - American Samoa, Democrats Abroad, Guam,
Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Virgin Islands, Wyoming
March 4, 2008 - Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
March 7, 2008 - Colorado
March 8, 2008 - Kansas
March 11, 2008 - Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi
March 18, 2008 - Illinois, Oregon
April 2008 (date to be determined) - Alaska
April 1, 2008 - Pennsylvania
May 6, 2008 - Indiana
May 13, 2008 - Nebraska, West Virginia
May 20, 2008 - Kentucky
May 27, 2008 - Washington
June 3, 2008 - Montana, South Dakota, California
§New Hampshire officials have stated that by state law, theirs must be the
first primary in the nation and must precede any similar contest by at least
seven days, and thus, the state may not abide by DNC approved dates. The DNC
has threatened to withhold NH delegates if the state moves the primary
earlier than the 22nd.
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