DemDaily: The 2024 Presidential Primary Calendar! The Updates
February 27, 2024
We are now six weeks into the 2024 presidential primary season and one of the most consequential White House elections in history.
The purpose of a state primary election or caucus is not to directly elect the presidential nominee, but to determine, based on the percentage of the popular vote received by each candidate, how many state delegates that candidate is awarded to send to the party's national convention. The full body of delegates from each state then votes to elect their party's nominee at the convention.
Democratic primaries or caucuses have been held in: Iowa (beginning of mail-in-balloting), New Hampshire (unsanctioned primary), South Carolina and Nevada
Republican primaries or caucuses have been held in: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, US Virgin Islands and South Carolina
Next Up: Michigan primaries today
| The 2024 primary season began January 15 and ends with the last caucuses in the Guam and US Virgin Islands June 8. The Democratic Convention will be held August 19–22 in Chicago, Illinois and the Republican Convention will be held July 15–18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
THE 2024 ELECTION CALENDAR
February 27: Michigan Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries
Note: Michigan moved the state’s primaries up to February 27, which violates Republican Party rules. As a compromise, in a hybrid system, a portion of the Republican delegates will be awarded based on the primary results, while the rest will be allocated at the March 2 state GOP Convention.
MARCH 2024
March 2: Idaho Republican Presidential Caucus
March 2: Michigan State Republican Convention
March 2: Missouri Republican Presidential Caucus
Note: In a hybrid system, a portion of the GOP's delegates will be allocated between the caucus and the May 4 state GOP Convention
March 3: District of Columbia Republican Presidential Primary
March 4: North Dakota Republican Presidential Caucus
March 5: Super Tuesday
Democratic Presidential Primaries: Alabama, American Samoa Caucus, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa Caucus, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.
Republican Presidential Primaries: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa Caucus, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas,
March 6: Hawaii Democratic Presidential Caucus
March 9: Guam Republican Presidential Caucus
March 12: Georgia, Mississippi, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington and Democrats Abroad Democratic Presidential Primaries
March 12: Georgia, Hawaii Caucus, Mississippi, and Washington Republican Presidential Primaries
March 15: Northern Mariana Islands Republican Presidential Caucus
| See: DemList's 2024 Election Calendar online. DemList will start accepting submissions for the DemList Democratic Convention Calendar in March -- the Party-recommended resource for the last three presidential cycles. |
March 19: Arizona, Florida, Illinois,
March 19: Arizona, Florida, Illinois,
March 23: Louisiana Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries
March 23: Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary
March 30: North Dakota Democratic Primary
APRIL 2024
April 2: Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin Democratic Primaries
April 2: Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin Republican Primaries
April 6: Alaska Democratic Primary
April 13: Wyoming Democratic Presidential Caucus
April 20: Wyoming Republican Presidential Caucus
April 21: Puerto Rico Republican Presidential Primary
April 23: Pennsylvania Democratic and
April 28: Puerto Rico Democratic Presidential Primary
MAY 2024
May 1: New Mexico Republican State Convention
May 4: Missouri State Republican Convention
May 7: Indiana Democratic and
May 14: Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia Democratic Primaries
May 14: Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia Republican Primaries
May 21: Kentucky and Oregon Democratic Primaries
May 21: Kentucky and Oregon Republican Primaries
May 23: Idaho Democratic Presidential Caucus
May 24–26: The Libertarian National Convention, Washington, DC
| To win their party's nomination, a candidate must receive the majority support of 3,933 pledged delegates for Democrats, and 2,429 delegates for Republicans. |
JUNE 2024
June 4: District of Columbia Democratic Presidential Primary
June 4: New Jersey Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries
June 4: New Mexico Democratic and Republican Primaries
June 4: Montana Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries
June 4: South Dakota Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries
June 8: Guam Democratic Presidential Caucus
June 8: US Virgin Islands Democratic Presidential Caucus
JULY 2024
July 11-14: Green Party Annual National Meeting & Presidential Nominating Convention, Virtual
July 15–18: Republican National Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
AUGUST 2024
August 19–22: Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois
SEPTEMBER 2024
September 16: First General Election Presidential Debate, San Marcos, Texas. Texas State University
September 25: The Vice Presidential Debate, Easton, Pennsylvania. Lafayette College
OCTOBER 2024
October 1: Second General Election Presidential Debate, Petersburg, Virginia. Virginia State University
October 9: Third General Election Presidential Debate, Salt Lake City, Utah. University of Utah
NOVEMBER 2024
November 5: Election Day
DECEMBER 2024
December 11: The "safe harbor" deadline (at least six days prior to the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December) under the Electoral Count Act, when states must finally resolve any controversies over the selection of their electors of the Electoral College.
December 17: The electors meet in their respective state capitals and the District of Columbia (the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December) to formally vote for president and vice president.
JANUARY 2025
January 6: Electoral votes are formally counted before a joint session of Congress; the President of the Senate officially announces the electoral result.
January 20: Inauguration Day.
| Important: Dates may change. If you are a state party or election official, please send us calendar updates! |
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