2012 Primary

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2012 Presidential Primaries,
Caucuses, and Conventions
Chronologically

	Democratic Convention Thursday 1 March 2012 (tentative): Automatic selection of unpledged delegates *Monday 3 September – Friday 7 September 2012: 46th Democratic National Convention	Republican Convention *Monday 27 August – Thursday 30 August 2012: 40th Republican National Convention
Saturday 13 August 2011		Iowa Presidential Straw Poll
Thursday 22 September – Saturday 24 September 2011		Florida Presidency 5 Straw Poll
Friday 21 October 2011		Nevada Straw Poll
Saturday 29 October 2011		Alabama Alabama Straw Poll
Saturday 5 November 2011		South Dakota Sioux Falls Straw Poll
Wednesday 7 December 2011		Delaware Presidential Straw Poll
Tuesday 3 January 2012	*Iowa Caucus¹	*Iowa Caucus
Tuesday 10 January 2012	*New Hampshire Primary¹	*New Hampshire Primary
Saturday 14 January 2012	New Hampshire District Caucuses
Saturday 21 January 2012	*Nevada Non-binding Precinct Viability Caucuses¹	*South Carolina Primary
Tuesday 24 January 2012		Louisiana District Caucuses (tentative date) West Virginia County Republican Conventions (tentative date)
Saturday 28 January 2012	*South Carolina Presidential Primary/Precinct Reorganization meeting¹
Tuesday 31 January 2012	Florida Non-binding Primary	*Florida Primary
February – April 2012		Wisconsin District Caucuses
Saturday 4 February 2012		*Nevada Precinct Caucuses
Saturday 4 February – Saturday 11 February 2012		*Maine Municipal Caucuses / non-binding straw poll
Tuesday 7 February 2012	Minnesota Precinct Caucuses *Missouri Primary¹	Colorado Precinct Caucuses Minnesota Precinct Caucuses / non-binding straw poll Missouri Non-binding Primary
Tuesday 7 February – Saturday 11 February 2012		Northern Marianas Precinct Caucuses (tentative date)
Thursday 9 February – Wednesday 29 February 2012		Wyoming Non-binding straw poll (tentative date)
Wednesday 15 February – Tuesday 1 May 2012		Virginia Local Mass Meetings, Party Canvasses, Conventions
Friday 17 February – Saturday 31 March 2012		Minnesota BPOU Conventions
Saturday 18 February 2012	Mississippi Precinct Meetings	Georgia Precinct Mass Meetings
Tuesday 21 February 2012	Washington Non-binding primary (may be canceled) (tentative date)
Saturday 25 February 2012		*Northern Marianas Commonwealth Convention (tentative date)
Sunday 26 February 2012	*Maine Municipal Caucuses¹
Tuesday 28 February 2012	Arizona Non-binding Primary Michigan Non-binding Primary	Arizona Primary Michigan Primary (tentative date)
March 2012		South Dakota County/Regional/State National Delegate Selection Meetings South Carolina County Conventions (tentative date)
Saturday 3 March 2012	South Carolina Precinct Reorganization Meeting	*Washington Precinct Caucuses / Straw Poll
Tuesday 6 March 2012	Massachusetts Primary¹ Oklahoma Primary¹ Tennessee Primary¹ Virginia Primary (only 1 candidate qualified – primary cancelled)¹ Vermont Primary¹ American Samoa Territorial Caucus (tentative date)¹ Colorado Precinct Caucus (tentative date)¹ Georgia Primary (tentative date)¹ *Ohio Primary (tentative date)¹	Alaska District Conventions Idaho County Caucuses North Dakota Caucus Tennessee Primary Virginia Primary Vermont Primary Georgia Primary (tentative date) Massachusetts Primary (tentative date) Ohio Primary (tentative date) Oklahoma Primary (tentative date) West Virginia State Presidential Convention (cancelled) (tentative date)
Tuesday 6 March – Saturday 10 March 2012		*Wyoming County Conventions
Tuesday 6 March – Sunday 8 April 2012	*Minnesota Organizing Unit Conventions¹
Wednesday 7 March 2012	*Hawaii Precinct Caucus¹
Saturday 10 March 2012	Iowa County Conventions Mississippi County Conventions South Dakota State Legislative District Caucuses Tennessee County Conventions	Georgia Precinct Mass Meetings / County Conventions Iowa County Conventions Kansas Caucuses Virgin Islands Territorial Caucus *Guam Territorial Caucus (tentative date)
Saturday 10 March – Saturday 17 March 2012		Nevada County Conventions (tentative date)
Tuesday 13 March 2012	Alabama Primary¹ Mississippi Primary¹ *Utah Caucuses¹	Alabama Primary American Samoa Territorial Caucus Hawaii Precinct Caucuses Mississippi Primary (tentative date)
Tuesday 13 March – Thursday 19 April 2012	Utah County Conventions
Thursday 15 March 2012		Utah Precinct Caucuses
Thursday 15 March – Tuesday 27 March 2012	South Carolina County Democratic Conventions
Saturday 17 March 2012		*Missouri County Caucuses
Saturday 17 March – Saturday 21 April 2012		Washington County Conventions / Legislative District Caucus
Sunday 18 March 2012		*Puerto Rico Primary (tentative date)
Tuesday 20 March 2012	*Illinois Primary¹	*Illinois Primary
Saturday 24 March 2012	*Louisiana Primary¹ South Dakota Congressional District Caucuses Tennessee District Conventions Vermont Town Caucuses	*Louisiana Primary
Wednesday 28 March 2012		Colorado County Assemblies before
Thursday 29 March – Friday 13 April 2012		*Colorado District Conventions
Friday 30 March – Sunday 1 April 2012		North Dakota State Convention
Friday 30 March – Tuesday 24 April 2012		*Kansas Congressional District Conventions
Friday 30 March – Saturday 28 April 2012	Colorado County Assemblies and Conventions (tentative date)
Saturday 31 March 2012	*Arizona Congressional District Caucuses¹ Tennessee State Executive Committee
Saturday 31 March – Saturday 14 April 2012		Oklahoma District Conventions
Saturday 31 March – Saturday 28 April 2012	Mississippi Congressional District Conventions
April 2012		New Mexico Precinct Meetings (tentative date) Ohio District Conventions (tentative date) Puerto Rico Primary (tentative date) South Carolina District Conventions (tentative date) Vermont Town Caucuses (tentative date)
Sunday 1 April – Saturday 21 April 2012		Arizona District and Country Conventions (tentative date)
Tuesday 3 April 2012	District of Columbia Primary¹ Maryland Primary¹ Texas Primary¹ Wisconsin Primary¹	District of Columbia Primary Maryland Primary Texas Primary Wisconsin Primary
Saturday 7 April – Saturday 28 April 2012		North Carolina District Conventions (tentative date)
Saturday 7 April 2012		*Tennessee State Executive Committee (tentative date)
Monday 9 April – Monday 16 April 2012	*Alaska Precinct / House District Caucuses¹
Monday 9 April – Friday 1 June 2012	Minnesota Congressional District Conventions
Thursday 12 April – Saturday 14 April 2012		*Wyoming Convention
Saturday 14 April 2012	Idaho County Caucus¹ Kansas Local Unit Conventions¹ Nebraska Precinct Caucuses¹ Nevada County Conventions Oklahoma State Convention Wyoming County Caucuses¹ Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee Meeting (tentative date)	*Colorado State Convention Georgia District Conventions
Saturday 14 April – Saturday 21 April 2012	Texas County and Senate District Conventions (tentative date)	*Minnesota District Conventions
Sunday 15 April 2012	*Washington Precinct Caucuses¹ Wisconsin County Caucuses
Friday 20 April – Saturday 21 April 2012	Utah State Convention
Saturday 21 April 2012	Arizona State Convention Georgia Congressional District Caucuses Massachusetts Congressional District Caucuses Washington Legislative District Caucuses	Iowa District Statutory Caucus Missouri Congressional District Conventions Utah State Convention
Monday 23 April – Friday 11 May 2012		Arkansas Special Meeting of the County Conventions
Tuesday 24 April 2012	Connecticut Primary¹ New York Primary¹ Pennsylvania Primary¹ Delaware Primary (tentative date)¹ *Rhode Island Primary (tentative date)¹	Connecticut Primary Delaware Primary New York Primary (tentative date) Pennsylvania Primary (tentative date) *Rhode Island Primary (tentative date)
Tuesday 24 April – Sunday 1 July 2012		*Kansas State Party Committee Meeting (tentative date)
Thursday 26 April 2012	Missouri Congressional District Conventions
Thursday 26 April – Saturday 28 April 2012		*Alaska State Convention
Friday 27 April – Saturday 28 April 2012		Maryland Spring Convention
Saturday 28 April 2012	California Pre-primary Caucus *Iowa District Conventions New Hampshire Caucus / National Convention Delegation Meeting Louisiana Post Primary Congressional Caucus (tentative date) Ohio State Executive Committee (tentative date)	Delaware State Convention Mississippi Precinct Caucuses and County Conventions (tentative date)
Sunday 29 April 2012	Washington County Conventions
May 2012		Connecticut State Committee Meeting (tentative date) Ohio State Convention (tentative date)
Tuesday 1 May – Sunday 6 May 2012	*Democrats Abroad Global Primary¹
Thursday 3 May 2012	*District of Columbia State Party Committee	Michigan County Conventions
Friday 4 May – Saturday 5 May 2012		*Minnesota State Convention
Saturday 5 May 2012	Florida County Caucuses¹ Kansas District Conventions Louisiana State Convention Massachusetts State Committee and National Convention Delegate Meeting Michigan Precinct Caucuses¹ Missouri State Committee *Guam Territorial Caucus (Party run primary) (tentative date)¹	Massachusetts Deadline for Congressional District Conventions (tentative date)
Saturday 5 May – Sunday 6 May 2012		Maine District Caucuses and State Convention Nevada State Convention
Sunday 6 May 2012	Wisconsin Congressional District Caucuses
Monday 7 May 2012	Illinois National Convention delegation meeting
Tuesday 8 May 2012	Indiana Primary¹ North Carolina Primary¹ *West Virginia Primary¹	Indiana Primary North Carolina Primary (tentative date) *West Virginia Primary (tentative date)
Friday 11 May – Saturday 12 May 2012		Oklahoma State Convention (tentative date)
Friday 11 May – Sunday 13 May 2012	*Alaska State Party Convention
Friday 11 May – Saturday 26 May 2012		Virginia District Conventions (tentative date)
Saturday 12 May 2012	South Carolina State Convention	Arizona District Caucus and State Convention
Saturday 12 May – Saturday 19 May 2012		New Mexico County Conventions
Saturday 12 May – Saturday 26 May 2012	Virginia Congressional District Conventions
Monday 14 May 2012	*Maryland State Democratic Central Committee Meeting
Tuesday 15 May 2012	Idaho Non-binding Primary *Oregon Primary¹ Nebraska Advisory Primary (tentative date)	Idaho Non-binding Primary *Oregon Primary Nebraska Non-binding Primary (tentative date)
Friday 18 May – Saturday 19 May 2012		Georgia State Convention Michigan Congressional District Caucuses / State Convention
Saturday 19 May 2012	North Carolina Congressional District Conventions	South Carolina State Convention Vermont State Convention Mississippi State Convention (tentative date)
Saturday 19 May – Sunday 20 May 2012	*Democrats Abroad Global Convention
Saturday 19 May – Friday 1 June 2012	*Colorado District Conventions
Sunday 20 May 2012	*Washington Congressional District Caucuses
Tuesday 22 May 2012	Arkansas Primary¹ Kentucky Primary¹	Arkansas Primary Kentucky Primary (tentative date)
Tuesday 22 May – Wednesday 23 May 2012		*New York State Committee (tentative date)
Friday 25 May 2012	New York State Committee
Friday 25 May – Sunday 27 May 2012	Hawaii State Convention
Saturday 26 May 2012	Georgia State Committee Meeting Mississippi State Convention Vermont State Convention *Wyoming State Convention
Wednesday 30 May 2012	Connecticut Congressional District Caucuses
Thursday 31 May – Saturday 2 June 2012		*Washington State Convention
June 2012		Kentucky District Conventions (tentative date)
Friday 1 June – Saturday 2 June 2012		North Carolina State Convention (tentative date)
Friday 1 June – Sunday 10 June 2012	Nebraska County Conventions	Nebraska County Conventions (tentative date)
Friday 1 June 2012		*Pennsylvania Summer Meeting (tentative date)
Saturday 2 June 2012	Colorado State Convention Kansas State Convention Kentucky State Convention Michigan District Conventions Oregon Congressional District Conventions	Louisiana State Convention Missouri State Convention
Saturday 2 June – Sunday 3 June 2012	Florida State Convention Maine State Convention. Minnesota State Convention Washington State Convention
Sunday 3 June 2012	Puerto Rico Senate District Caucuses¹ Virgin Islands Territorial Convention¹
Tuesday 5 June 2012	California Primary¹ Montana Primary¹ North Dakota Legislative District Caucus¹ New Jersey Primary¹ New Mexico Primary¹ South Dakota Primary¹	California Primary Montana Non-binding Primary New Mexico Primary South Dakota Primary New Jersey Primary (tentative date) New Jersey Election of Delegates (tentative date)
Wednesday 6 June 2012	Connecticut District Level Delegation Meeting
Thursday 7 June 2012	Montana County Caucuses
Thursday 7 June – Saturday 9 June 2012		Texas State Convention (tentative date)
Friday 8 June 2012	Wisconsin Administrative Committee Meeting and State Convention
Friday 8 June – Saturday 9 June 2012	*Texas State Convention West Virginia State Convention & Executive Committee	Illinois Convention Indiana State Convention
Saturday 9 June 2012	Delaware State Convention Missouri State Convention Montana State Convention New Mexico State Party Central Committee and District Conventions Pennsylvania State Committee Virginia State Convention Vermont National Convention Delegate Meeting	Arkansas Special District Convention Kentucky State Convention (tentative date)
Saturday 9 June – Sunday 10 June 2012	*Nevada State Convention
Sunday 10 June 2012	*Idaho State Convention Puerto Rico Democratic Assembly
Thursday 14 June – Saturday 16 June 2012		*Montana State Convention
Friday 15 June 2012		Massachusetts Deadline for State Committee Meeting (tentative date)
Saturday 16 June 2012	Arkansas Special State Convention Iowa State Convention Indiana State Convention North Carolina State Convention *North Dakota State Delegate Selection Meeting New Jersey State Committee New Mexico State Party Central Committee Oregon State Convention	Iowa State Convention Virginia State Convention New Mexico State Republican Convention (tentative date)
Thursday 21 June 2012	Rhode Island State Convention
Thursday 21 June – Saturday 23 June 2012		Idaho State Convention
Saturday 23 June 2012	Michigan State Central Committee Nebraska State Convention	Arkansas State Committee Meeting Oregon District Conventions
Sunday 24 June 2012	*California Delegation Meeting
Tuesday 26 June 2012		*Utah Primary
Saturday 30 June 2012	South Dakota State Convention / State Party Central Committee
Saturday 14 July 2012		*Nebraska State Convention (tentative date)
August 2012	Unassigned To be determined (tentative date)

* Major event or National Convention delegates allocated.
¹Democratic Party’s “First Determining Step” of the delegate selection process.Notes: Thursday 1 March 2012: Democratic unpledged delegates are automatically selected.

Last Modified: Tue Jan 10 2012 11:45:02 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)

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Rule Making and Process
30 December 2009 – Democratic Change Commission’s Recommendations for the 2012 Presidential Nominating Process
20 August 2010 – Democratic National Committee approves 2012 Call To Convention and Delegate Selection Rules
6 August 2010 – Republican Temporary Delegate Selection Committee’s Recommendations for the 2012 Presidential Nominating Process

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Events Chronologically
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Chronological Cumulative Allocation of Delegates
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Delegate Allocation
Democratic Quick Reference — Republican Quick Reference
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Democratic Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility — Republican Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility

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Documentation
Historical Analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process
Historical Analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties
Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary
Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary
Dates of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES re: selection and/or allocation/distribution of Delegates to Major Party National Conventions

Major Third Party (Constitution, Green, Libertarian) Presidential Nomination Process

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