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Primaries Come Earlier This Year

Key States Move Up Dates for Vote in Primaries

JAN. 2008 • Jan. 3: Iowa (caucuses) • Jan. 5: Wyoming (GOP caucuses) • Jan. 8: New Hampshire (primary) • Jan. 15: Michigan • Jan. 19: Nevada (caucuses), South Carolina (Rep primary) • Jan. 29: Florida, South Carolina (Dem primary) FEB. 2008 • Feb. 1: Maine • Feb. 5: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (caucuses), Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (Dem), Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico (Dem), New York, North Dakota (caucuses), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah • Feb. 9: Louisiana • Feb. 10: Maine (Dem caucuses) • Feb. 12: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia • Feb. 19: Hawaii (Dem), Washington, Wisconsin MARCH 2008 • March 4: Massachusetts, Minnesota (Dem), Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont • March 8: Wyoming (Dem) • 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 (Rep) JUNE 2008 • June 3: Montana, New Mexico (Rep), South Dakota AUG. 2008 • Aug. 25-28: Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado SEPT. 2008 • Sept. 1-4: Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota