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US Primaries 2012

Primary Calendar for 2012 House and Senate Races

State Filing Deadline Primary Runoff
Alabama Jan. 13 March 13 April 24
Alaska June 1 Aug. 28
Arizona May 30 Aug. 28
Arkansas March 1 Pending Pending
California March 9 June 5
Colorado March 31 June 26
Connecticut Pending Aug. 14
Delaware July 10 Sept. 11
District of Columbia Jan. 4 April 3
Florida June 8 Aug. 14
Georgia May 25 July 13 Aug. 21
Hawaii June 5 Aug. 11
Idaho March 9 May 15
Illinois Dec. 5, 2011 March 20
Indiana Feb. 10 May 8
Iowa March 16 June 5
Kansas June 1* Aug. 7
Kentucky Jan. 31 May 22
Louisiana Aug. 17 Nov. 6 Dec. 1
Maine March 15 June 12
Maryland Jan. 11 April 3
Massachusetts June 5 Sept. 18**
Michigan May 15 Aug. 7
Minnesota June 5 Aug. 14
Mississippi Jan. 13 March 13 April 3
Missouri March 27 Aug. 7
Montana March 12 June 5
Nebraska Feb. 15*** May 15
Nevada March 16 June 12
New Hampshire June 15 Sept. 11
New Jersey Pending June 5
New Mexico Feb. 14 June 5
New York Pending Pending
North Carolina Feb. 29 May 8 July 17
North Dakota April 13 June 12
Ohio Dec. 7, 2011 (Senate), March 14 (House) March 6 (Senate), June 12 (House)
Oklahoma April 13 June 26 Aug. 28
Oregon March 6 May 15
Pennsylvania Feb. 14 April 24**
Rhode Island June 27 Sept. 11
South Carolina March 30 June 12 June 26
South Dakota March 27 June 5 June 26
Tennessee Feb. 16 Aug. 2
Texas Dec. 12, 2011 March 6 May 22
Utah March 15 June 26
Vermont June 14 Aug. 28
Virginia March 29 June 12
Washington May 18 Aug. 7
West Virginia Jan. 28 May 8
Wisconsin June 1 Pending
Wyoming June 1 Aug. 21

All dates are in 2012 unless otherwise noted. Source: Federal Election Commission, state boards of election * Filing deadline will be moved to June 11 if redistricting is finished after May 10. ** Date is tentative or likely to change. *** Filing deadline is March 1 for nonincumbents.

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