The news outlets are writing lots of material about Tuesday’s primary and how the various candidates are doing. It made me think about the calendar of primaries. I found it on NPR.
| Date | State |
| January 15 | Michigan |
| January 19 | Nevada |
| South Carolina (Republican) | |
| January 26 | South Carolina (Democrat) |
| January 29 | Florida |
| February 1 | Maine (Republican) |
| February 5 | Alabama |
| Alaska | |
| Arizona | |
| Arkansas | |
| California | |
| Colorado | |
| Connecticut</td | |
| Delaware | |
| Georgia | |
| Idaho (Democrat) | |
| Illinois | |
| Kansas (Democrat) | |
| Massachusetts | |
| Minnesota | |
| Missouri | |
| New Jersey | |
| New Mexico (Democratic) | |
| New York | |
| North Dakota | |
| Oklahoma | |
| Tennessee | |
| Utah | |
| February 9 | Kansas (Republican) |
| Louisiana | |
| Nebraska (Democratic) | |
| Washington | |
| February 10 | Maine (Democratic) |
| February 12 | Washington D.C. |
| Maryland | |
| Virginia | |
| February 19 | Hawaii |
| Wisconsin | |
| March 4 | Ohio |
| Rhode Island | |
| Texas | |
| Vermont | |
| March 8 | Wyoming (Democrat) |
| March 11 | Mississippi |
| April 22 | Pennsylvania |
| May 6 | Indiana |
| North Carolina | |
| May 13 | Nebraska (Republican) |
| West Virginia | |
| May 20 | Kentucky |
| Oregon | |
| May 27 | Idaho (Republican) |
| June 3 | Montana |
| New Mexico (Republican) | |
| South Dakota |
As you can see this is an exhaustive list. Unfortunately for most of the country the choice will be made before they get a chance to vote. I’m guessing that after all the primaries on February 5th (known as Super Tuesday) we’ll know who the nominees will be.
The winnowing has begun; today Bill Richardson withdrew from the race, though he didn’t endorse anyone. Look for more in the next few weeks.