Presidential Election Timeline

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I hope no one minds if I put this here for my own reference.

If so you can delete it or stick it into an existing thread ot whatever

2008 Presidential Election Action Center: Election Timeline

Democratic Presidential Primary Dates
Jan. 14 Iowa (caucus)
Jan. 19 Nevada (caucus)
Jan. 22 New Hampshire
Jan. 29 South Carolina
Feb. 5 Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho,
Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Utah
Feb. 9 Nebraska (caucus), Louisiana, Michigan
Feb. 10 Maine (caucus)
Feb. 12 District of Columbia, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia
Feb. 19 Wisconsin
Feb. 26 Hawaii
March (date to be determined): American Samoa, Democrats Abroad, Guam, North Dakota, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wyoming
Mar. 4 Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
Mar. 8 Kansas
Mar. 11 Mississippi
Mar. 18 Illinois
April (date to be determined): Alaska
Apr. 1 Pennsylvania
May 6 Indiana, North Carolina
May 13 West Virginia
May 20 Kentucky, Oregon (primary)
May 27 Washington (primary)
June 3 Montana, South Dakota


Republican Presidential Primary Dates
Jan. 14 Iowa
Jan. 22 New Hampshire
Jan. 29 Florida
Feb. 2 Alabama, South Carolina
Feb. 5 Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, New York, Missouri, New Mexico, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia
Feb. 7 Nevada
Feb. 9 Louisiana
Feb. 10 Maine
Feb. 12 Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia
Feb. 19 Minnesota, Wisconsin
Feb. 26 Michigan
Mar. 4 Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, Vermont
Mar. 11 Mississippi, Washington
Mar. 18 Illinois, Rhode Island
Apr. 1 Kansas
Apr. 15 Colorado
Apr. 22 Pennsylvania
May 6 Indiana, North Carolina
May 10 Wyoming
May 13 Nebraska
May 17 Alaska
May 20 Kentucky, Oregon
May 27 Idaho
June 3 South Dakota
June 6 Hawaii
June 9 Montana


Convention Dates
May 23–26, 2008 Denver Libertarian Party National Convention
August 25–28, 2008 Denver Democratic National Convention
September 1–4, 2008 Minneapolis Republican National Convention


Debates
June 28, 2007 PBS debate featuring 2008 Democratic presidential candidates
August 17, 2007 ABC Presidential Candidate Forum, Des Moines, Iowa
November 2, 2007 Nevada Democrats host presidential debate at UNLV


Election Day
November 4, 2008


Dates provided by Wikipedia and Boston.com. More information can be found at:
Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 wiki
Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 wiki
Boston.com - National political calendar of events
*Please note that these dates are subject to change. Check the AAPD website for updates as they become available.

Using wikipedia as a source is possibly dodgy i admit.
IIUC some of the earlier primaries are still subjectb to legal action & their delates may be barred from the conventions

& I'm unclear on the difference between a caucus & a primary but I'm sure my google-fu is up to it