From Kathy Gill,
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Feb 13 2008

For the first time since 1928, in 2008 neither a sitting President nor Vice President will be a candidate for nomination to the Presidency. (Harry Truman briefly ran for the nomination, then bowed out after New Hampshire.) Both parties have open races, and the early announcements of contention are testimony to this. In addition, the states have joined the chorus and, as a result, Super Tuesday has moved from March to February.

JANUARY 2008

• January 3: Iowa (caucuses)
• January 5: Wyoming (GOP caucuses)
• January 8: New Hampshire (primary)
• January 15: Michigan
• January 19: Nevada (precinct caucuses), South Carolina (R primary)
• January 26: South Carolina (D primary)
• January 29: Florida

FEBRUARY 2008

• February 1: Maine (R)
• February 5: Alabama, Alaska (caucuses), Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (caucuses), Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (D caucuses), Illinois, Kansas (D caucuses), Massachusetts, Minnesota (caucuses), Missouri, Montana (R caucuses), New Jersey, New Mexico (D), New York, North Dakota (caucuses), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, American Samoa (caucuses)
• February 9: Louisiana, Kansas (R), Nebraska (D caucuses), Washington (D&R caucuses)
• February 10: Maine (D caucuses)
• February 12: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
• February 19: Hawaii (D), Washington (R primary), Wisconsin

MARCH 2008

• March 4: Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
• March 8: Wyoming (D)
• March 11: Mississippi

APRIL 2008

• April 22: Pennsylvania

MAY 2008

• May 6: Indiana, North Carolina
• May 13: Nebraska (primary), West Virginia
• May 20: Kentucky, Oregon
• May 27: Idaho (R)

JUNE 2008

• June 3: Montana, New Mexico (R), South Dakota

AUGUST 2008

• August 25-28: Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado

SEPTEMBER 2008

• September 1-4: Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

This calendar is adapted from the National Association of Secretaries of State.

Dates are subject to change.