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Associated Press Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, in August. The Hawkeye State holds the first-in-the-nation caucuses on Feb. 3.
It’s nearly kickoff time for this year’s presidential caucuses and primaries.
Starting on Feb. 3 in Iowa, voters will begin casting their ballots for a Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, setting in motion a sprint to the party’s mid-July convention in Milwaukee. With but two Republican rivals taking on Trump, the incumbent is expected to be renominated in Charlotte, N.C., in late August.
The primary season looks set to begin with more than a dozen Democrats still in the running, and it comes in the wake of Trump’s impeachment by the House of Representatives and with stock-market SPX, +0.35% investors nervous over conflict in the Middle East.
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Here is MarketWatch’s calendar of primaries and caucuses, as well as other significant dates including debates and the party’s conventions. Note that Republicans in a handful of states, such as South Carolina and Virginia, have canceled their primaries.
A Democratic candidate will need 1,885 delegates to secure that party’s nomination.
MarketWatch will update this table as winners are chosen.
| Date | Contest |
| Jan. 14 | Iowa Democratic debate |
| Feb. 3 | Iowa caucuses |
| Feb. 7 | New Hampshire Democratic debate |
| Feb. 11 | New Hampshire primaries |
| Feb. 19 | Nevada Democratic debate |
| Feb. 22 | Nevada Democratic caucuses |
| Feb. 25 | South Carolina Democratic debate |
| Feb. 29 | South Carolina Democratic primary |
| March 3 | Alabama primaries; American Samoa Democratic caucus; Arkansas primaries; California primaries; Colorado primaries; Maine primaries; Massachusetts primaries; Minnesota primaries; North Carolina primaries; Oklahoma primaries; Tennessee primaries; Texas primaries; Utah primaries; Vermont primaries; Virginia Democratic primary |
| March 10 | Idaho primaries; Michigan primaries; Mississippi primaries; Missouri primaries; North Dakota Democratic caucuses; Washington primaries |
| March 12 | Virgin Islands Republican caucuses |
| March 14 | Guam Republican caucuses; Northern Marianas Democratic convention; Wyoming Republican convention |
| March 17 | Arizona Democratic primary; Florida primaries; Illinois primaries; Northern Marianas Republican convention; Ohio primaries |
| March 21 | Kentucky Republican caucuses |
| March 24 | Georgia primaries; American Samoa Republican caucuses |
| March 29 | Puerto Rico Democratic primary |
| April 4 | Alaska Democratic primary; Hawaii Democratic primary; Louisiana primaries; Wyoming Democratic caucuses |
| April 7 | Wisconsin primaries |
| April 28 | Connecticut primaries; Delaware primaries; Maryland primaries; New York primaries; Pennsylvania primaries; Rhode Island primaries |
| May 2 | Guam Democratic caucuses; Kansas Democratic primary |
| May 5 | Indiana primaries |
| May 12 | Nebraska primaries; West Virginia primaries |
| May 19 | Kentucky Democratic primary; Oregon primaries |
| June 2 | District of Columbia primaries; Montana primaries; New Jersey primaries; New Mexico primaries; South Dakota primaries |
| June 6 | Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses |
| June 7 | Puerto Rico Republican primary |
| July 13-16 | Democratic convention, Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Aug. 24-27 | Republican convention, Charlotte, N.C. |
| Sept. 29 | First presidential debate, Notre Dame, Ind. |
| Oct. 7 | Vice presidential debate, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Oct. 15 | Second presidential debate, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Oct. 22 | Third presidential debate, Nashville, Tenn. |
| Nov. 3 | Presidential election |
