D.C.'s Political Report: 2008 Political Calendar

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2008 Calendar
Last Updated on March 21, 2008 2007 Calendar

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
12/30	12/31 California 3rd Party Filing Deadline	1/1/08 Vermont 3rd Party Filing Deadline New Years	1/2 Wisconsin Presidential Primary Filing Deadline Texas Filing Deadline Texas Presidential Filing Deadline	1/3 Iowa Caucuses	1/4 Ohio Primary Filing Deadline	1/5 Wyoming GOP Caucuses
1/6 Epiphany	1/7	1/8 New Hampshire Presidential primary	1/9 Richard Nixon's B-day	1/10 Mississippi 3rd Party Filing Deadline Muharramn	1/11 Mississippi Independent Filing Deadline Mississippi Primary Filing Deadline	1/12 Indiana 7th District Democratic Convention
1/13 Indiana 7th District Republican Convention Green Party Presidential candidates debate	1/14 Mississippi Presidential Primary Filing Deadline	1/15 California Write-in Filing Deadline Michigan Presidential Primary	1/16	1/17	1/18	1/19 Nevada Dem Caucuses South Carolina GOP Presidential Primary Ashura
1/20	1/21 Vermont Presidential Primary Filing Deadline Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	1/22 Indiana 7th District Filing Deadline Tu B'shvat	1/23	1/24	1/25 Hawaii GOP caucus Begins	1/26 South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary West Virginia Primary Filing Deadline West Virginia Presidential Primary Filing Deadline
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1/27	1/28	1/29 Illinois Primary Write-in Deadline Kentucky Filing Deadline Kentucky Presidential Primary Filing Deadline Florida Presidential Primary	1/30	1/31 Louisiana special election filing deadline	2/1 Massachusetts 3rd Party Filing Deadline	2/2 Groundhog day
2/3 Maine GOP Caucuses	2/4	2/5 Alabama Presidential Primary Alaska Caucuses Arizona Presidential Primary Arkansas Presidential Primary American Samoa Presidential Primary California Presidential Primary Colorado Caucuses Connecticut Presidential Primary? Delaware Presidential Primary Georgia Presidential Primary Idaho Dem Caucus Illinois Primary Illinois Presidential Primary Illinois Special Election Primary Illinois Special Election Kansas Dem Caucuses Massachusetts Presidential Primary Minnesota caucus Missouri Presidential Primary Montana Presidential GOP Caucus New Jersey Presidential Primary New Mexico Dem Caucus New York Presidential Primary North Dakota Caucuses Oklahoma Presidential Primary Tennessee Presidential Primary Utah Presidential Primary West Virginia GOP Caucus Mardi Gras	2/6 Ash Wednesday	2/7 Hawaii GOP caucus Ends	2/8	2/9 Guam GOP caucus Kansas GOP Caucus Louisiana Presidential Primary Michigan Dem Caucus Nebraska Dem Caucus Virgin Island Dem caucus Washington Dem caucus
2/10 Maine Dem Caucus	2/11	2/12 District of Columbia Presidential Primary Maryland Presidential Primary New Mexico Primary Filing Deadline Pennsylvania Primary Filing Deadline Pennsylvania Presidential Primary Filing Deadline Virginia Presidential Primary Lincoln's B-day	2/13	2/14 St. Valentine's Day	2/15 Nebraska Incumbent Filing Deadline Utah 3rd Party Filing Deadline	2/16
2/17	2/18 President's Day	2/19 Hawaii Dem Caucus Indiana Governor Primary Filing Deadline Washington GOP Preidential Primary Wisconsin Presidential Primary	2/20	2/21	2/22 Indiana Primary Filing Deadline Washington's B-day	2/23 American Samoa GOP caucus Virgin Island GOP caucus
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
2/24 Puerto Rico GOP Presidential Primary	2/25 California 12th District Special Election Filing Deadline	2/26	2/27	2/28	2/29 North Carolina Primary Filing Deadline Leap Day	3/1
3/2	3/3 Colorado 3rd Party Filing Deadline Nebraska Filing Deadline Ohio Independent Filing Deadline	3/4 Ohio Primary Ohio Presidential Primary Rhode Island Presidential Primary Texas Primary Texas Presidential Primary Vermont Presidential Primary	3/5	3/6	3/7 Mississippi Special Election Filing Deadline California Filing Deadline	3/8 Illinois Special Election Louisiana special election primary Wyoming Dem Caucuses
3/9 Puerto Rico Primary Daylight Savings	3/10 Arkansas Primary Filing Deadline	3/11 Indiana 7th District special election Mississippi Primary Mississippi Presidential Primary New Mexico Primary Write-in Deadline Oregon Primary Filing Deadline	3/12 California Extended Filing Deadline	3/13 Montana 3rd Party Filing Deadline Nebraska Presidential Primary Filing Deadline	3/14 Iowa Primary Filing Deadline	3/15 Maine Primary Filing Deadline
3/16 Palm Sunday	3/17 New Mexico Presidential Primary Filing Deadline Utah Primary Filing Deadline Utah Independent Filing Deadline St. Patrick's Day	3/18	3/19	3/20 Montana Primary Filing Deadline Montana IndependentFiling Deadline Mohammed's Birthday Spring Begins	3/21 Idaho Primary Filing Deadline Idaho Presidential Primary Filing Deadline Good Friday Purim	3/22
3/23 Easter	3/24	3/25 Missouri Primary Filing Deadline South Dakota 3rd Party Filing Deadline South Dakota Primary Filing Deadline	3/26	3/27	3/28	3/29
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
3/30	3/31 Florida Federal Independent Filing Deadline South Carolina Filing Deadline	4/1 Mississippi Primary Run-Off New Mexico 3rd Party Filing Deadline April Fool's Day	4/2 Puerto Rico Democrtic Presidential Primary Filing Deadline	4/3 Hawaii 3rd Party Filing Deadline Tennessee Primary Filing Deadline Tennessee Independent Filing Deadline	4/4 Alabama Filing Deadline	4/5 Louisiana special election primary runoff
4/6	4/7 Illinois Deadline to Fill Vacancy New Jersey Primary Filing Deadline	4/8 California 12th District Special Election Primary Texas Primary Run Off	4/9	4/10	4/11 North Dakota 3rd Party Filing Deadline North Dakota Nominating Convention Deadline North Dakota Primary Filing Deadline Virginia Primary Filing Deadline	4/12 Minnesota 3rd Congressional District Democratic Convention
4/13 West Virginia Independent Filing Deadline	4/14 Idaho Primary Withdrawal Deadline	4/15 Arizona New Party Filing Deadline Taxes Due	4/16	4/17	4/18	4/19
4/20 Passover Begins	4/21 Alabama Major Party Certification Deadline	4/22 Mississippi Special Election Pennsylvania Primary Pennsylvania Presidential Primary Constitution Party Nominating Convention Earth Day	4/23 Secretary Day Constitution Party Nominating Convention	4/24 Constitution Party Nominating Convention	4/25 Arbor Day Constitution Party Nominating Convention	4/26 Constitution Party Nominating Convention
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
4/27 Constitution Party Nominating Convention	4/28	4/29	4/30	5/1 Arkansas Independent Filing Deadline Oklahoma 3rd Party Filing Deadline Ascension Day May Day	5/2 Florida Federal Filing Deadline Georgia Primary Filing Deadline Nebraska Primary Write-in Filing Deadline Yom HaShoah	5/3 Connecticut Filing Deadline Guam Democratic caucus Louisiana special elections
5/4 South Carolina 3rd Party Filing Deadline	5/5 Cinco de Mayo	5/6 Indiana Primary Indiana Presidential Primary North Carolina Primary North Carolina Presidential Primary	5/7	5/8 Texas Independent Filing Deadline Texas Presidential Filing Deadline	5/9	5/10
5/11 Mother's Day Pentecost	5/12	5/13 Idaho Primary Write-in Deadline Michigan Primary Filing Deadline Mississippi Special Election Run-off Nebraska Primary Nebraska GOP Presidential Primary West Virginia Primary West Virginia Presidential Primary	5/14	5/15	5/16 Nevada Primary Filing Deadline Nevada Independent Filing Deadline	5/17 Washington Independent Filing Deadline
5/18 Trinity Sunday	5/19 Texas 3rd Party Filing Deadline	5/20 Arkansas Primary California Write-in Deadline Kentucky Primary Kentucky Presidential Primary North Dakota Primary Write Deadline Oregon Primary Oregon Presidential Primary	5/21	5/22 Louisiana 3rd Party Filing Deadline Corpus Christi Day	5/23 Libertarian Party Nominating Convention Lag B'Omer	5/24 Libertarian Party Nominating Convention
5/25 Libertarian Party Nominating Convention	5/26 Libertarian Party Nominating Convention Memorial Day	5/27 Idaho Primary Idaho GOP Presidential Primary Texas 3rd Party Filing Deadline	5/28	5/29 Colorado Filing Deadline	5/30 Rhode Island 3rd Party Filing Deadline Virginia GOP Convention Wyoming Primary Filing Deadline	5/31 Virginia GOP Convention
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
6/1 North Carolina 3rd Party Filing Deadline Puerto Rico Democratic Presidential Primary	6/2 Alaska Filing Deadline Maine Independent Filing Deadline Wisconsin 3rd Party Filing Deadline Wyoming New Party Filing Deadline	6/3 Alabama Primary Alabama 3rd Party Filing Deadline California Primary Iowa Primary Massachusetts Primary Filing Deadline Montana Primary Montana Presidential Primary New Jersey Primary New Jersey Independent Filing Deadline New Mexico Primary New Mexico GOP caucuses South Dakota Primary South Dakota Presidential Primary South Dakota Independent Filing Deadline	6/4 Arizona Primary Filing Deadline Arizona Independent Filing Deadline New Mexico Independent Filing Deadline Oklahoma Primary Filing Deadline Oklahoma Independent Filing Deadline	6/5	6/6 Colorado Write-in Deadline Washington Primary Filing Deadline	6/7
6/8	6/9 Shavuot	6/10 Arkansas Primary Runoff Kansas Primary Filing Deadline Kansas 3rd Party Filing Deadline Maine Primary North Dakota Primary South Carolina Primary Virginia Primary Virginia Independent Filing Deadline	6/11 Louisiana Independent Filing Deadline Mariana Islands Republican Delegate Filing Deadline	6/12	6/13 New Hampshire Primary Filing Deadline New Hampshire Presidential Filing Deadline	6/14 Flag Day
6/15 Father's Day	6/16	6/17 Colorado Independent Filing Deadline South Dakota Run-Off Maryland Special Election	6/18	6/19 Juneteenth	6/20 Florida State Filing Deadline Summer Solstice	6/21
6/22	6/23 Illinois 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline	6/24 New Mexico Minor Party Filing Deadline North Carolina Primary Run-off South Carolina Primary Run-Off Utah Primary	6/25 Rhode Island Primary Filing Deadline Rhode Island Presidential Filing Deadline	6/26	6/27 North Carolina Independent Filing Deadline	6/28 California American Independent Party Convention
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
6/29 California American Independent Party State Central Committee Mtg	6/30 Arkansas 3rd Party Filing Deadline Indiana Independent Filing Deadline	7/1 Maryland Filing Deadline	7/2	7/3 Nevada 3rd Party Filing Deadline	7/4 4th of July	7/5
7/6 Nevada Presidential Filing Deadline	7/7	7/8 Florida Presidential Filing Deadline Georgia 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline Guam Filing Deadline Wisconsin Primary Filing Deadline Wisconsin Independent Filing Deadline	7/9 Alaska Withdrawal Deadline	7/10 Green Party Nominating Convention	7/11 Green Party Nominating Convention Louisiana Congressional Filing Deadline	7/12 Green Party Nominating Convention Mariana Islands Republican Primary
7/13 Green Party Nominating Convention	7/14	7/15 Alabama Run-off Primary Georgia Primary Indiana 3rd Party Filing Deadline Minnesota Primary Filing Deadline Minnesota 3rd Party Filing Deadline Oklahoma Presidential Filing Deadline South Carolina Independent Filing Deadline South Carolina Presidential Filing Deadline	7/16	7/17 Michigan 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline New York Primary Filing Deadline	7/18 Reform Party Nominating Convention	7/19 Reform Party Nominating Convention
7/20 Reform Party Nominating Convention	7/21 Vermont Primary Filing Deadline	7/22 Hawaii Primary Filing Deadline Hawaii Independent Filing Deadline	7/23	7/24 Arizona Write-in Deadline	7/25 Delaware Primary Filing Deadline Delaware Independent Filing Deadline Michigan Primary Write-in Deadline	7/26 Washington 3rd Party Filing Deadline
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
7/27	7/28 Missouri 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline New Jersey Presidential Filing Deadline	7/29 Oklahoma Primary	7/30 Montana Independent Filing Deadline	7/31	8/1 Nebraska New Party Filing Deadline Pennsylvania Independent Filing Deadline Pennsylvania Presidential Filing Deadline Puerto Rico Congressional Filing Deadline West Virginia Presidential Filing Deadline	8/2 Peace and Freedom Party Convention Michigan Natural Law Party Convention
8/3 Peace and Freedom Party Convention	8/4 Arkansas Independent Filing Deadline Illinois Convention Filing Deadline Kansas Independent Filing Deadline Maryland 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline Virgin Island Independent Filing Deadline Virgin Island Presidential Filing Deadline	8/5 Georgia Run-Off Primary Kansas Primary Kansas Presidential Filing Deadline Michigan Primary Missouri Primary South Dakota Presidential Filing Deadline	8/6 Alaska Presidential Filing Deadline Connecticut Independent Filing Deadline Nevada New Party Filing Deadline New Hampshire 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline North Carolina Write-in Deadline	8/7 Tennessee Primary	8/8 California Independent Filing Deadline Maine Presidential Filing Deadline	8/9
8/10 Tisha B'Av	8/11 Virgin Island Primary Filing Deadline	8/12 Colorado Primary Connecticut Primary Kentucky Independent Filing Deadline Nevada Primary	8/13	8/14	8/15 Iowa Independent Filing Deadline	8/16 Delaware Independent Party Convention Independent / Ecology Party Convention
8/17	8/18 Ohio New Party Filing Deadline Lailat al Bara'ah	8/19 New York Independent Filing Deadline Washington Primary Wyoming Primary	8/20 Montana Presidential Filing Deadline	8/21 Ohio Presidential Filing Deadline Tennessee Presidential Filing Deadline	8/22 Virginia Presidential Filing Deadline	8/23
8/24 Idaho Independent Filing Deadline	8/25 Democratic National Convention Wyoming Independent Filing Deadline	8/26 Alaska Primary Alaska Independent Filing Deadline Colorado Write-in Deadline Florida Primary Massachusetts Independent Filing Deadline Oklahoma Primary Run-Off Oregon 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline Democratic National Convention	8/27 District of Columbia Congressional Filing Deadline District of Columbia Independent Filing Deadline Democratic National Convention	8/28 Illinois Statewide Party Nomination Vacancy Democratic National Convention	8/29	8/30 Idaho 3rd Party Filing Deadline
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
8/31 Lailat al Ma-raj	9/1 American Samoa Filing Deadline Delaware 3rd Party Filing Deadline Delaware Presidential Filing Deadline Labor Day Republican National Convention	9/2 Arizona Primary Florida 3rd Party Filing Deadline Georgia Write-in Deadline Louisiana Presidential Filing Deadline Nebraska 3rd Party / Independent Filing Deadline New Mexico Write-in Deadline Utah Presidential Filing Deadline Wisconsin Presidential Filing Deadline Republican National Convention Ramadan begins	9/3 Republican National Convention Ohio Write-in Deadline	9/4 Republican National Convention	9/5 Hawaii Presidential Filing Deadline Kentucky Presidential Filing Deadline Mississippi Presidential Filing Deadline Ohio Special Election Filing Deadline North Dakota Independent Filing Deadline Rhode Island Independent Filing Deadline	9/6 Guam Primary Louisiana Primary POSTPONED South Carolina Independence Party Convention
9/7 Idaho Withdrawal Deadline	9/8 Alabama Presidential Filing Deadline	9/9 Delaware Primary District of Columbia Primary Minnesota Primary Minnesota Presidential Filing Deadline New Hampshire Primary New York Primary Rhode Island Primary Vermont Primary Wisconsin Primary	9/10	9/11 Ohio 11th District Replacement caucus	9/12 Vermont Independent Filing Deadline Vermont Presidential Filing Deadline	9/13 Virgin Island Primary
9/14	9/15 Kansas Deadline to fill Vacancy	9/16 Massachusetts Primary	9/17	9/18	9/19	9/20 Hawaii Primary
9/21 New York Independence Party Convention	9/22 Autumn Begins	9/23 New York Nomination Deadline	9/24	9/25 Arizona Write-In Deadline	9/26 Presidential Debate	9/27
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
9/28 Lailat al Qadr	9/29	9/30 Rosh Hashanah	10/1	10/2 Vice Presidential Debate Eid-al-Fitr	10/3	10/4 Louisiana Primary Sh'mini Atzeret
10/5	10/6	10/7 Presidential Debate	10/8	10/9 Yom Kippur	10/10	10/11
10/12	10/13 Columbus Day	10/14 North Dakota Write-in Deadline Ohio Special Election Primary Sukkot begins	10/15 Presidential Debate	10/16	10/17	10/18
10/19	10/20	10/21 California Write-in Deadline Idaho Write-in Deadline Shemini Atzeret	10/22 Simchat Torah	10/23	10/24 Kentucky Write-in Deadline Michigan Write-in Deadline Nebraska Write-in Deadline	10/25
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
10/26	10/27 Kansas Write-in Deadline	10/28 Illinois Write-in Deadline	10/29 Maryland Write-in Deadline	10/30	10/31 Halloween	11/1 Maine Write-in Deadline All Saints' Day
11/2 Daylight Savings	11/3	11/4 Election Day Louisiana Primary Run-Off if necessary	11/5	11/6	11/7	11/8
11/9	11/10	11/11 Veterans' Day	11/12	11/13	11/14	11/15
11/16	11/17	11/18 American Samoa Runoff Election Ohio Special Election	11/19	11/20	11/21	11/22
11/23	11/24	11/25 Mississippi Runoff	11/21	11/27 Thanksgiving	11/28	11/29
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
11/30	12/1	12/2 Georgia Run-off Election	12/3	12/4	12/5	12/6 Louisiana Election, if necessary
12/7	12/8	12/9 Eid-al-Adha	12/10	12/11	12/12	12/13
12/14	12/15	12/16	12/17	12/18	12/19	12/20
12/21 Winter Solstice	12/22 Hanukkah begins	12/23	12/24	12/25 X-mas	12/26 Kwanzaa Begins	12/27
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
12/28	12/29 Muharramn	12/30	12/31	1/1/09 New Years	1/2	1/3
1/4	1/5	1/6	1/7	1/8	1/9	1/10