• Essential Documents

  

  

  2008 Election Calendar

  Published October 23, 2008

  January 2008

  1/3: Iowa caucuses

  1/8: New Hampshire primary

  1/15: Democratic debate, Las Vegas, NV

  1/15: Michigan primary

  1/19: Nevada caucuses, South Carolina GOP primary

  1/21: Democratic debate, South Carolina

  1/24: Republican debate, Florida

  1/25-2/7: Hawaii Republican caucuses

  1/26: South Carolina Democratic primary

  1/29: Florida primary

  1/30: Republican debate, Simi Valley, CA

  1/31: Democratic debate, Los Angeles, CA

  February 2008

  2/1-2/3: Maine GOP Caucuses

  2/2: MTV and MySpace Presidential Super Dialogue

  2/5: Primaries in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah

  2/5: Caucuses in Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota and North Dakota

  2/5: Democratic caucuses in Idaho and Kansas

  2/5: Republican caucuses in Montana

  2/5: New Mexico Democratic primary

  2/5: State convention in West Virginia

  2/9: Republican caucuses in Kansas

  2/9: Louisiana primary

  2/9: Democratic caucuses in Nebraska

  2/9: Washington caucuses

  2/10: Maine Democratic caucuses

  2/12: Maryland primary

  2/12: District of Columbia Democratic caucuses

  2/12: District of Columbia Republican primary

  2/19: Wisconsin primary

  2/19: Hawaii Democratic caucuses

  2/21: Democratic debate, Austin, TX

  2/26: Democratic debate, Cleveland, OH

  March 2008

  3/4: Primaries in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont

  3/8: Democratic primary in Wyoming

  3/11: Primary in Mississippi

  April 2008

  4/16: Democratic debate, Philadelphia, PA

  4/22: Pennsylvania primary (both parties)

  May 2008

  5/3: Guam Democratic primary

  5/6: Indiana and North Carolina primaries (both parties)

  5/13: Nebraska primary (advisory only), West Virginia Democratic primary

  5/20: Primaries in Kentucky and Oregon (both parties)

  5/27: Idaho Democratic non-binding primary, Republican primary

  June 2008

  6/1: Puerto Rico Democratic primary

  6/3: South Dakota primary (both parties), Montana Democratic primary

  6/3: New Mexico Republican caucus

  6/28: Nebraska Republican state convention

  August 2008

  8/25-28: Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO

  September 2008

  9/1-4: Republican National Convention, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

  9/26: Presidential debate on foreign policy and national security, Oxford, MO

  October 2008

  10/2: Vice-presidential debate, St. Louis, MO

  10/7: Presidential town hall debate, Nashville, TN

  10/15: Presidential debate on domestic and economic policy, Hempstead, NY

  November 2008

  11/4: Election Day

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