Latest update: 3/23/23: Amended Hawaii House substitute to establish presidential primary but schedule for April changed on the calendar/map.
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Reading the Map:
As was the case with the maps from past cycles, the earlier a contest is scheduled in 2024, the darker the color in which the state is shaded. Texas, for instance, is a deeper shade of blue in March than Montana is in June. There are, however, some differences between the earlier maps and the one that appears above.
- A number of caucus states have yet to select a date for the first step of their delegate selection processes in 2024. Until a decision is made by state parties in those states, they will appear in gray on the map.
- The states where legislation to move the presidential primary is active are two-toned with right-leaning diagonal stripes. One color indicates the timing of the primary according to the current law whereas the second color is meant to highlight the month to which the primary could be moved.
- Other states -- the carve-out states and states with state laws providing guidance for setting a primary or caucuses date but no specific date or multiple specified dates -- are also two-toned with left-leaning diagonal stripes. In this case, one color (gray) represents the uncertainty of the primary or caucuses date now while the other color (or colors) highlight the options available to states or the most likely date for a contest in that state given the information we currently have. So, in New Hampshire, for instance, we know that the secretary of state in the Granite state will want to protect the first in the nation status enjoyed in the past. To maintain that position alone, New Hampshire could conduct its primary as early as some time in late January 2024.
- States (or territories) that are bisected vertically are states where the state parties have different dates for their caucuses and/or primaries. The left section is shaded to reflect the state Democratic Party's scheduling while the right is for the state Republican Party's decision on the timing of its delegate selection event (see Puerto Rico). This holds true for states -- typically caucus states -- with a history of different dates across parties but which also have not yet chosen a contest date.
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Reading the calendar:
- Note that if you click on the state name in the calendar below, the link will take you to the relevant section of the state's law or party's bylaws covering the date of the primary or caucus. [This can be a bit of a moving target as dates change as do online locations of the laws' language. Every effort will be made to keep these up to date.]
- Links to discussions of 2020-2023 state-level legislation addressing the dates of future presidential primaries have also been added below the state name in the calendar.
- Markers have also been added indicating whether legislation has become law or has died at some point in the legislative process.
- The bracketed numbers [+x or -y] refer the number of days the primary or caucuses have moved relative to where the previous statute scheduled the contest or, where noted, how far a state contest has moved relative to its position on the calendar in 2020.
- Permanently underlined states indicate states with tentative calendar dates. These are primarily carve-out states in January or February, but include a handful of other states where current state law sets a particular date or date selection protocol that may change.
2024 Presidential Primary Calendar
January
Monday, January 8:
Iowa Republican caucuses [tentative, based on past actions in recent previous cycles]
Tuesday, January 16:
New Hampshire [tentative, based on past actions in recent previous cycles]
[2023 New Hampshire resolution: CACR 9 -- protect first-in-the-nation status with constitutional amendment]
Saturday, January 27:
South Carolina Republican primary [tentative, based on past actions in recent previous cycles]
[NOTE: State party selects date, state government funds and conducts; state parties do not tend to hold contests on the same
date]
February
March
Saturday, February 3:
South Carolina Democratic primary [based on DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted calendar]
[NOTE: State party selects date, state government funds and conducts; state parties do not tend to hold contests on the same
date]
Tuesday, February 6:
Nevada
[2021 Nevada legislation: AB 126 -- creates February presidential primary -- signed into law on June 11, 2021 |
SB 130 -- creates June consolidated presidential primary -- died in committee on April 10, 2021]
[+18]
New Hampshire Democratic primary [based on DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted calendar]
[NOTE: Secretary of state selects date; see above for likely New Hampshire position given past precedent]
New York [non-compliant]
[2021 New York legislation: S 1819 | A 6623 -- would move the presidential primary from February to June -- died in
committee upon adjournment of legislative session] | A 8509 -- would move presidential primary to fourth Tuesday in April -- died
in committee upon adjournment of legislative session]
[2023 New York legislation: S 437 | A 1109 -- would move the presidential primary from February to June | A 1720 -- would move
presidential primary to fourth Tuesday in April]
Tuesday, February 13:
Georgia Democratic primary [based on DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted calendar]
[NOTE: Secretary of state selects date; Georgia unlikely to hold a primary on this date, conflicts with Republican Party rules]
Tuesday, February 27:
[2022 Michigan legislation: SB 1207 -- move presidential primary to the second Tuesday in February from the second Tuesday in
[2023 Michigan legislation: SB 13 (passed Senate 1/26/23 | passed House 1/31/23) | signed into law 2/1/23) | HB 4029 -- move
presidential primary to the fourth Tuesday in February]
[+14]
Tuesday, March 5:
Alabama
Arkansas
California
[2023 California legislation: SB 24 -- move presidential primary date to "unspecified"]
Arkansas
California
[2023 California legislation: SB 24 -- move presidential primary date to "unspecified"]
[State parties opt into/out of primary by November 1, 2023.]
Massachusetts
Minnesota
[Date of the primary is on the first Tuesday in March unless both parties agree to an alternative date
Massachusetts
Minnesota
[Date of the primary is on the first Tuesday in March unless both parties agree to an alternative date
[2020 Tennessee resolution (non-binding): HJR 933 -- resolves to make the Tennessee presidential
primary first in the nation -- died in committee when session adjourned on June 19, 2020]
Tuesday, March 12:
Hawaii Republican caucuses
[2023 Hawaii legislation: HB 342 -- establish presidential primary for the second Saturday in May (with feasibility study) |
HB 1485 | SB 1005 (passed Senate 3/7/23) -- create a Super Tuesday presidential primary (House substitute to SB 1005
schedules the presidential primary for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April.)]
Idaho
Mississippi
[2023 Idaho legislation: H 138 (passed state House 2/24/23) -- eliminate separate presidential primary | S 1186 -- consolidate
presidential preference vote with other primaries on the third Tuesday in May]
Mississippi
[2020 Mississippi legislation: S2663 -- shift the primary to the first Tuesday in February -- died in
committee March 3, 2020]
[2020 Mississippi resolution (non-binding): SCR 537 -- explore Mississippi
joining a southeastern Super Tuesday in 2024 -- died in committee October 10, 2020]
Arizona
[2021 Arizona legislation: SB 1668 -- eliminate presidential primary and create caucuses -- died in committee upon adjournment,
[2021 Arizona legislation: SB 1668 -- eliminate presidential primary and create caucuses -- died in committee upon adjournment,
June 30, 2021]
[2022 Arizona legislation: SB 1456 -- eliminate presidential primary and create caucuses -- died in committee upon adjournment,
June 17, 2022]
Illinois
Saturday, March 23:
[2021 Louisiana legislation: HB 581 -- shifts primary from the first Saturday in March to the last Saturday in March -- signed into
law on June 17, 2021]
[The last Saturday in March 2024 -- March 30 -- falls within three days of Easter, and thus shifts the presidential primary up a week
under R.S. 18:402(G).]
[-21]
Sunday, March 31:
[2022 Puerto Rico legislation: PC 1272 -- eliminate presidential primary -- passed House, (pending)]
On one of the first three Tuesdays in March:
Colorado[Governor selects date by September 1, 2023. Can choose a Tuesday between the presumed earliest date
traditionally allowed by the national parties -- March 5, 2024 -- and the third Tuesday in March --
March 19, 2024.]
April
Tuesday, April 2:
[2021 Wisconsin legislation: SB 284 -- move presidential primary to the second Tuesday in March from the first Tuesday in April
-- died in state Senate committee on March 15, 2022]
Tuesday, April 23:
[2023 Maryland legislation: HB 1279 | SB 955 -- move presidential primary to the third Tuesday in April | SB 379 (passed Senate
on 3/14/23) -- move presidential primary to the second Tuesday in May]
[2019 Pennsylvania legislation: S779 -- shift primary to the third Tuesday in March -- passed state
Senate but died in state House committee on November 3, 2020 (adjournment)]
[2022 Pennsylvania legislation: H2218 -- shift consolidated primary to the third Tuesday in March -- died in
committee upon adjournment of legislative session]
[2023 Pennsylvania legislation: HB 51 | SB 224 -- move consolidated primary to the third Tuesday in March]
Tuesday, April 30:
[2023 Connecticut legislation: SB 6908 -- move presidential primary to the first Tuesday in April]
May
Tuesday, May 7:
Tuesday, May 14:
[2023 West Virginia legislation: SB 218 | HB 3406 -- create separate presidential primary in February]
Tuesday, May 21:
[2021 Oregon legislation: SB 785 -- shift consolidated primary (including presidential primary) to the first Tuesday in March --
died in committee upon adjournment, June 26, 2021]
[2023 Oregon legislation: SB 499 -- shift consolidated primary (including presidential primary) to the first Tuesday in March |
SB 804 -- shift consolidated primary (including presidential primary) to the first Tuesday in March and move back start of legislative
session]
June
Sunday, June 2:
[2022 Puerto Rico legislation: PC 1272 -- eliminate presidential primary -- passed House, (pending)]
Tuesday, June 4:
[2021 Montana legislation: HB 248 -- shift presidential primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March -- -- died in
committee upon adjournment, April 29, 2021]
[2020 New Mexico legislation: H350 -- shift presidential primary to the second Tuesday in January --
died in committee when session adjourned on February 20, 2020]
[2022 South Dakota legislation: H1116 -- create and fund a separate presidential primary on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in March -- passed state House but died in state Senate committee when session adjourned on
March 28, 2022]
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States with no (official, tentative and/or likely) contest date for 2024 [2020 date in parentheses]:
Alaska Democratic party-run primary (April 10, 2020, but originally scheduled for April 4, 2020)
Alaska Republican state convention (April 4, 2020)
States with no (official, tentative and/or likely) contest date for 2024 [2020 date in parentheses]:
Alaska Democratic party-run primary (April 10, 2020, but originally scheduled for April 4, 2020)
Alaska Republican state convention (April 4, 2020)
American Samoa Democratic caucuses (March 3, 2020)
American Samoa Republican territorial caucus (March 18, 2020)
American Samoa Republican territorial caucus (March 18, 2020)
Democrats Abroad (voting occurred from March 3-10, 2020)
Georgia (June 9, 2020, but originally scheduled for March 24, 2020)
[Secretary of state selects primary date on or before December 1, 2023.]
Guam Democratic caucuses (June 6, 2020, but originally scheduled for May 2, 2020)
Guam Republican territorial convention (March 14, 2020)
Hawaii Democratic party-run primary (May 22, 2020 , but originally scheduled for April 4, 2020)
[2023 Hawaii legislation: HB 342 -- establish presidential primary for the second Saturday in May (with feasibility study) |
HB 1485 | SB 1005 (passed Senate 3/7/23) -- create a Super Tuesday presidential primary (House substitute to SB 1005
schedules the presidential primary for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April.)]
Kansas Democratic party-run primary (May 2, 2020)
Kansas Republican conventions (district conventions began on March 15, 2020)
[2023 Kansas legislation: SB 290 -- reestablish a presidential primary and consolidate with other primaries in May | SB 321 -- reestablish a presidential primary and schedule in March]
Missouri Democratic caucuses (March 10, 2020 state-run primary)
Missouri Republican caucuses (March 10, 2020 state-run primary)
Missouri Republican caucuses (March 10, 2020 state-run primary)
[2021 Missouri legislation: HB 680 -- eliminate the presidential primary option -- died in committee on April 21, 2021]
[2022 Missouri legislation: HB 1878 -- omnibus election law (eliminates presidential primary) -- signed into law on June 29, 2022]
[2023 Missouri legislation: HB 267, HB 347 & HB 738 | SB 602 -- reestablish a presidential primary on the second Tuesday after
the first Monday in March]
North Dakota Democratic "firehouse caucus" (March 10, 2020)
North Dakota Republican preference caucuses (March 10, 2020)
North Dakota Republican preference caucuses (March 10, 2020)
Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses (March 14, 2020)
Northern Mariana Islands Republican territorial caucus (March 15, 2020)
Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses (June 6, 2020)
Virgin Islands Republican territorial caucuses (Saturday, April 4, 2020 through Saturday, May 30, 2020)
Wyoming Democratic caucuses (April 17, 2020, but originally scheduled for April 4, 2020)
Wyoming Republican state convention (May 9, 2020)
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States that switched from caucus to primary or cancelled contests for 2024:
Missouri [primary eliminated]
Nevada [caucus to primary]
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Update Chronology:
1/21/21: 2024 primary calendar first posted.
6/11/21: Governor Sisolak (D) signed legislation -- AB 126 -- shifting Nevada from a caucus to a primary and scheduling the contest for the first Tuesday in February.
6/17/21: Governor Edwards (D) signed legislation -- HB 581 -- moving the Louisiana presidential primary back into compliance with national party rules on the last Saturday in March.
6/29/22: Missouri primary eliminated when Governor Parson (R) signed legislation -- HB 1878 -- into law.
2/1/23: Michigan Senate bill -- SB 13 -- to move presidential primary to February 27 signed into law by Governor Whitmer.
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Marked Up Calendar:
[Numbers in brackets [ ] to the right of states below represents the iteration of positions on the calendar over time, where [1] indicates where a state initially started the 2024 cycle and a [2] means where a state was moved (tentatively in the case of the early states, but officially for others) and so on.]
2024 Presidential Primary Calendar
January
Monday, January 8:
Iowa Republican caucuses [tentative, based on past actions in recent previous cycles][3]
Tuesday, January 16:
New Hampshire [tentative, based on past actions in recent previous cycles][3]
[2023 New Hampshire resolution: CACR 9 -- protect first-in-the-nation status with constitutional amendment]
Monday, January 22:
Saturday, January 27:
South Carolina Republican primary [tentative, based on past actions in recent previous cycles]
Tuesday, January 30:
February
Saturday, February 3:
South Carolina Democratic primary [based on DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted calendar][2]
Monday, February 5:
Tuesday, February 6:
Nevada
[2021 Nevada legislation: AB 126 -- creates January February (amended) presidential primary -- signed into law on
June 11, 2021 |
SB 130 -- creates June consolidated presidential primary -- died in committee on April 10, 2021]
[+18]
New Hampshire Democratic primary [based on DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted calendar]
New York [non-compliant]
[2021 New York legislation: S 1819 | A 6623 -- would move the presidential primary from February to June -- died in
committee upon adjournment of legislative session] | A 8509 -- would move presidential primary to fourth Tuesday in April -- died
in committee upon adjournment of legislative session]
[2023 New York legislation: S 437 | A 1109 -- would move the presidential primary from February to June | A 1720 -- would move
presidential primary to fourth Tuesday in April]
Tuesday, February 13:
Georgia Democratic primary [based on DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted calendar]
Saturday, February 24:
Nevada Republican caucuses [tentative, based on past actions in recent previous cycles]
Tuesday, February 27:
[2022 Michigan legislation: SB 1207 -- move presidential primary to the second Tuesday in February from the second Tuesday in
[2023 Michigan legislation: SB 13 (passed Senate 1/26/23 | passed House 1/31/23) | signed into law 2/1/23) | HB 4029 -- move
presidential primary to the fourth Tuesday in February]
[+14]
Saturday, March 2:
Tuesday, March 5:
Alabama
Arkansas
California
[2023 California legislation: SB 24 -- move presidential primary date to "unspecified"]
Alabama
Arkansas
California
[2023 California legislation: SB 24 -- move presidential primary date to "unspecified"]
[State parties opt into/out of primary by November 1, 2023.]
Massachusetts
Minnesota
[Date of the primary is on the first Tuesday in March unless both parties agree to an alternative date
Massachusetts
Minnesota
[Date of the primary is on the first Tuesday in March unless both parties agree to an alternative date
[2020 Tennessee resolution (non-binding): HJR 933 -- resolves to make the Tennessee presidential
primary first in the nation -- died in committee when session adjourned on June 19, 2020]
Tuesday, March 12:
Hawaii Republican caucuses
[2023 Hawaii legislation: HB 342 -- establish presidential primary for the second Saturday in May (with feasibility study) |
Idaho
Mississippi
[2020 Mississippi legislation: S2663 -- shift the primary to the first Tuesday in February -- died in
Missouri
[2023 Idaho legislation: H 138 (passed state House 2/24/23) -- eliminate separate presidential primary | S 1186 -- consolidate
presidential preference vote with other primaries on the third Tuesday in May]
Mississippi
[2020 Mississippi legislation: S2663 -- shift the primary to the first Tuesday in February -- died in
committee March 3, 2020]
[2020 Mississippi resolution (non-binding): SCR 537 -- explore Mississippi
joining a southeastern Super Tuesday in 2024 -- died in committee October 10, 2020]
[2021 Missouri legislation: HB 680 -- eliminate the presidential primary option -- died in committee on April 21, 2021]
[2022 Missouri legislation: HB 1878 -- omnibus election law (eliminates presidential primary) -- signed into law on June 29, 2022]
[2023 Missouri legislation: HB 267, HB 347 & HB 738 -- reestablish a presidential primary on the second Tuesday after the first Monday in
March]
Arizona
Florida
[2021 Arizona legislation: SB 1668 -- eliminate presidential primary and create caucuses -- died in committee upon adjournment,
June 30, 2021]
[2022 Arizona legislation: SB 1456 -- eliminate presidential primary and create caucuses -- died in committee upon adjournment,
June 17, 2022]
Florida
Louisiana [2]
[2021 Louisiana legislation: HB 581 -- shifts primary from the first Saturday in March to the last Saturday in March -- signed into
law on June 17, 2021]
[The last Saturday in March 2024 -- March 30 -- falls within three days of Easter, and thus shifts the presidential primary up a week
under R.S. 18:402(G).]
[-21]
Sunday, March 31:
[Governor selects date by September 1, 2023. Can choose a Tuesday between the presumed earliest date
[2022 Puerto Rico legislation: PC 1272 -- eliminate presidential primary -- passed House, (pending)]
On one of the first three Tuesdays in March:
Colorado[Governor selects date by September 1, 2023. Can choose a Tuesday between the presumed earliest date
traditionally allowed by the national parties -- March 5, 2024 -- and the third Tuesday in March --
March 19, 2024.]
April
Tuesday, April 2:
[2021 Wisconsin legislation: SB 284 -- move presidential primary to the second Tuesday in March from the first Tuesday in April
-- died in state Senate committee on March 15, 2022]
Tuesday, April 23:
[2023 Maryland legislation: HB 1279 | SB 955 -- move presidential primary to the third Tuesday in April | SB 379 (passed Senate
on 3/14/23) -- move presidential primary to the second Tuesday in May]
[2019 Pennsylvania legislation: S779 -- shift primary to the third Tuesday in March -- passed state
Senate but died in state House committee on November 3, 2020 (adjournment)]
[2022 Pennsylvania legislation: H2218 -- shift consolidated primary to the third Tuesday in March -- died in
committee upon adjournment of legislative session]
Tuesday, April 30:
[2023 Connecticut legislation: SB 6908 -- move presidential primary to the first Tuesday in April]
May
Tuesday, May 7:
Tuesday, May 14:
[2023 West Virginia legislation: SB 218 | HB 3406 -- create separate presidential primary in February]
Tuesday, May 21:
[2021 Oregon legislation: SB 785 -- shift consolidated primary (including presidential primary) to the first Tuesday in March --
died in committee upon adjournment, June 26, 2021]
[2023 Oregon legislation: SB 499 -- shift consolidated primary (including presidential primary) to the first Tuesday in March |
SB 804 -- shift consolidated primary (including presidential primary) to the first Tuesday in March and move back start of legislative
session]
June
Sunday, June 2:
Puerto Rico Republican primary
[2022 Puerto Rico legislation: PC 1272 -- eliminate presidential primary -- passed House, (pending)]
Tuesday, June 4:
[2021 Montana legislation: HB 248 -- shift presidential primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March --
died in committee upon adjournment, April 29, 2021]
[2020 New Mexico legislation: H350 -- shift presidential primary to the second Tuesday in January --
died in committee when session adjourned on February 20, 2020]
[2022 South Dakota legislation: H1116 -- create and fund a separate presidential primary on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in March -- passed state House but died in state Senate committee when session adjourned on March 28, 2022]
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