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2002 PRIMARY DATES
 

(As of November 28, 2001)

GENERAL ELECTION DATE:  NOVEMBER 5, 2002

NOTES:  Dates Subject to Change / S Indicates Senate Election

STATE  

PRIMARY DATE

RUNOFF DATE

ALABAMA

S

June 4

June 25

ALASKA

S

August 27

 
AMERICAN SAMOA  

November 5

November 19

ARIZONA  

September 10

 
ARKANSAS

S

May 21

June 11

CALIFORNIA  

March 5

 
COLORADO

S

August 13

 
CONNECTICUT  

September 10 1

 
DELAWARE

S

September 7

 
D.C.  

September 10

 
FLORIDA  

September 10

 
GEORGIA

S

August 20 2

September 10

GUAM  

September 7

 
HAWAII  

September 21

 
IDAHO

S

September 28

 
ILLINOIS

S

March 19

 
INDIANA  

May 7 3

 
IOWA

S

June 4

 
KANSAS

S

August 6 4

 
KENTUCKY

S

May 28

 
LOUISIANA

S

n/a 5

 
MAINE

S

June 11

 
MARYLAND  

September 10

 
MASSACHUSETTS

S

September 17

 
MICHIGAN

S

August 6 6

 
MINNESOTA

S

September 10

 
MISSISSIPPI

S

June 4

June 25

MISSOURI

S

August 6

 
MONTANA

S

June 4

 
NEBRASKA

S

May 14

 
NEVADA  

September 3 7

 
NEW HAMPSHIRE

S

September 10

 
NEW JERSEY

S

June 4

 
NEW MEXICO

S

June 4

 
NEW YORK  

September 10

 
NORTH CAROLINA

S

May 7

June 4

NORTH DAKOTA  

June 11

 
OHIO  

May 7

 
OKLAHOMA

S

August 27

September 17

OREGON

S

May 21

 
PENNSYLVANIA  

May 21

 
PUERTO RICO  

n/a 8

n/a

RHODE ISLAND

S

September 10

 
SOUTH CAROLINA

S

June 11 9

June 25

SOUTH DAKOTA

S

June 4

June 18

TENNESSEE S

August 1

 
TEXAS

S

March 12 10

April 9

UTAH  

June 25 11

 
VERMONT  

September 10

 
VIRGINIA

S

June 11 12

 
VIRGIN ISLANDS  

September 14

 
WASHINGTON  

September 17

 
WEST VIRGINIA

S

May 14 13

 
WISCONSIN  

September 10

 
WYOMING

S

August 20

 

1.  In Connecticut, nominating conventions are held by the Democratic and Republican parties prior to the primary.

2.  In Georgia, the dates listed are unofficial. However, these dates are contained in a bill recently signed into law by the Governor.

3.  In Indiana, a nominating convention will be held by the Libertarian party on 4/28/02.

4.  In Kansas, nominating conventions are held by the Constitution, Libertarian and Reform parties.

5.  In Louisiana, a primary election is not held for federal offices. The election for candidates seeking federal office is the General Election scheduled for 11/5/02. If necessary, a Runoff Election will be held on 12/7/02. The filing deadline for candidates seeking General Election ballot access is 8/23/02.

6.  In Michigan, nominating conventions are held by the Green and Reform parties.

7.  In Nevada, nominating conventions are held by the Green, Independent American, Libertarian, Natural Law and Reform parties.

8.  In Puerto Rico, the general election for Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives is held every four years, coinciding with the U.S. Presidential election.

9.  In South Carolina, nominating conventions are held by the Constitution, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform and United Citizens parties.

10.  In Texas, nominating conventions are held by the Green and Libertarian parties. The convention dates are: 6/8/02 for U.S. Senate, 3/16/02 for single and partial county Congressional Districts, and 3/23/02 for multi-county Congressional Districts.

11.  In Utah, nominating conventions are held by the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian and Natural Law parties prior to the primary.

12.  In Virginia, parties may choose to nominate candidates by convention rather than by primary. Notification of adoption of a primary must be made to the State Board of Elections by 3/13/02.

13.  In West Virginia, a nominating convention may be held by the Mountain Party.

State Survey Conducted by:

Eileen Canavan
Public Disclosure Division
Federal Election Commission
800/424-9530 (press 3) or 202/694-1120

 
 
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