Election CountDown

On January 3rd, 2012, Iowa held their first-in-the-nation Caucuses and announced their
Democratic and Republican candidate choices for the 2012 Presidential election.

Democrats and Republicans participate with their own party members exclusively to decide their presidential preferences for the election. The Democratic party was the first party to initiate the Caucus procedure. The Republican party followed with a Straw Poll. For a step-by-step guide to the Caucuses and Primaries, please see: http://www.iowacaucus.biz/IA_Caucus_Howitworks.html.

Discover which party best reflects your views by clicking HERE for Political Party Information!

STATE	DEMOCRATIC TOP 4 WINNERS	REPUBLICAN TOP 4 WINNERS
IOWA - Caucuses January 3	Barack Obama	Rick Santorum Mitt Romney Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Presidential Primary January 10	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney Ron Paul Jon Huntsman Newt Gingrich
S. CAROLINA - Republican Presidential Primary January 21		Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Ron Paul
FLORIDA - Presidential Primary January 31
NEVADA - Caucuses February 4
COLORADO - Republican Caucuses February 7
MINNESOTA - Republican Caucuses February 7
MISSOURI - Presidential Primary February 7
MAINE - Republican Caucus February 11
ARIZONA - Presidential Primary February 28
MICHIGAN - Presidential Primary February 28
S. Carolina - Democratic Presidential Primary February 28
WASHINGTON - Republican Caucuses March 3
SUPER TUESDAY - March 6
Alaska Republican Caucuses
American Samoa Democratic Caucuses
Colorado Democratic Caucuses
Georgia Presidential Primary
Idaho Republican Caucuses
Massachusetts Presidential Primary
Minnesota Democratic Caucuses
N. Dakota Republican Caucuses
Ohio Presidential Primary
Oklahoma Presidential Primary
Tennessee Presidential Primary
Vermont Presidential Primary
Virginia Presidential Primary
Wyoming Republican Caucuses
KANSAS - Republican Caucuses March 10
VIRGIN ISLANDS - Republican Caucuses March 10
MAINE - Democratic Caucuses March 11
ALABAMA - Presidential/State Primary March 13
AMERICAN SAMOA - Republican Caucuses March 13
HAWAII - Republican Caucuses March 13
MISSISSIPPI - Presidential/State Primary March 13
UTAH - Democratic Caucuses March 13
PUERTO RICO - Republican Caucuses March 18
ILLINOIS - Presidential/State Primary March 20
LOUISIANA - Presidential Primary March 24
ARIZONA - Democratic Caucuses March 31
D.C. - Presidential/District Primary April 3
MARYLAND - Presidential/State Primary April 3
TEXAS - Presidential/State Primary Democratic Precinct Convention April 3
WISCONSIN - Presidential Primary & Spring Election April 3
ALASKA - Democratic Caucuses April 9
HAWAII - Democratic Caucuses April 14
IDAHO - Democratic Caucuses April 14
KANSAS - Democratic Caucuses April 14
NEBRASKA - Democratic Caucuses April 14
WYOMING - Democratic Caucuses April 14
WASHINGTON - Democratic Caucuses April 15
CONNECTICUT - Presidential Primary April 24
DELAWARE - Presidential Primary April 24
NEW YORK - Presidential Primary April 24
PENNSYLVANIA - Presidential/State Primary April 24
RHODE ISLAND - Presidential Primary April 24
FLORIDA - Democratic Caucuses May 5
GUAM - Democratic Presidential Primary May 5
MICHIGAN - Democratic Caucuses May 5
INDIANA - Presidential/State Primary May 8
N. CAROLINA - Presidential/State Primary May 8
W. VIRGINIA - Presidential/State Primary May 8
IDAHO - Presidential/State Primary May 15
NEBRASKA - Presidential/State Primary May 15
OREGON - Presidential/State Primary May 15
ARKANSAS - Presidential/State Primary May 22
KENTUCKY - Presidential/State Primary May 22
PUERTO RICO - Democratic Caucuses June 3
VIRGIN ISLANDS - Democratic Caucuses June 3
CALIFORNIA - Presidential/State Primary June 5
MONTANA - Presidential/State Primary June 5
NEW JERSEY - Presidential/State Primary June 5
NEW MEXICO - Presidential/State Primary June 5
N. DAKOTA - Democratic Caucuses June 5
S. DAKOTA - Presidential/State Primary June 5
UTAH - Republican Closed Primary June 26
REPUBLICAN NAT'L CONVENTION - Tampa, Florida August 27-30
DEMOCRATIC NAT'L CONVENTION - Charlotte, N. Carolina September 3-6

Sources: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/primaries,
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/tt/presidential_primary.tt and http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Candidate Nominees	Total Delegates	Candidate Nominees	Total Delegates
Barack Obama	161	Mitt Romney	31
		Newt Gingrich	26
		Ron Paul	10
		Rick Santorum	8

*Images of candidates are courtesy of CNN & candidate websites.

• Delegate counts are unofficial estimates and are subject to change without notice. Democratic delegate totals include pledged delegates and super delegates. Republican delegate totals include pledged delegates and unpledged RNC member delegates.

Caucus and Primary Calendar

Democratic Schedule

Republican Schedule

JANUARY:
3rd -- *Iowa Caucus¹
10th -- *New Hampshire Primary¹
21st -- *Nevada Caucuses¹
28th -- *S. Carolina Primary¹
31st -- Florida Primary

FEBRUARY:
7th -- *Missouri Primary¹ Minnesota Caucuses
18th -- Mississippi Precinct Mtgs
21st -- Washington Primary
28th -- Arizona Primary
Michigan Primary

MARCH:**
3rd -- S. Carolina Precinct Reorganization Mtg
6th -- *Massachusetts Primary¹
*Minnesota Caucuses¹
*Oklahoma Primary¹
*Tennessee Primary¹ U.S. Virgin Islands Caucus
*Vermont Primary¹
*American Samoa Caucus¹
*Colorado Caucus¹
*Georgia Primary¹
*Ohio Primary¹ 7th -- *Hawaii Caucus¹10th -- Iowa County Conventions
Mississippi County Conventions
S. Dakota Caucuses
Tennessee County Conventions
11th -- *Maine Caucuses¹13th -- *Alabama Primary¹
*Mississippi Primary¹
*Utah Caucuses¹13th - April 19th -- Utah County Conventions
15th - March 27th -- S. Carolina County Conventions
20th -- *Illinois Primary¹24th -- *Louisiana Primary¹
S. Dakota Caucuses
Tennessee District Conventions
Vermont Caucuses
30th - April 28th -- Colorado County Assemblies & Conventions
31st -- *Arizona Caucuses¹
Tennessee State Executive Committee
31st - April 28th -- Mississippi Congressional District Conventions

APRIL:
3rd -- *D.C. Primary¹
*Maryland Primary¹
*Texas Primary¹
*Wisconsin Primary¹9th - 16th -- *Alaska Caucuses¹14th -- *Idaho Caucus¹
*Kansas Caucus¹
*Nebraska Caucuses¹
Nevada Caucuses
Oklahoma Caucus
*Wyoming Caucuses¹
Alabama State Executive Committee Mtg
14th - 21st -- Texas County & Senate District Conventions
15th -- *Washington Caucuses¹Alaska Caucus Wisconsin Caucuses
20th - 21st -- Utah State Convention
21st -- Arizona State Convention
Georgia Caucuses
Massachusetts Caucuses
Washington Caucuses
24th -- *Connecticut Primary¹
*New York Primary¹*Pennsylvania Primary¹*Delaware Primary¹
*Rhode Island Primary¹
26th -- Missouri Congressional District Conventions
28th -- California Caucus
*Iowa District Conventions
New Hampshire Caucus
Louisiana Caucus
Ohio State Executive Committee
29th -- Washington County Conventions

MAY:
1st - 6th -- *Democrats Abroad Global Primary¹3rd -- *D.C. State Party Committee
5th -- *Florida Caucuses¹
Kansas District Conventions
Louisiana State Convention
Massachusetts State Committee & Nat'l Convention Delegate Mtg
*Michigan Caucuses¹
Missouri State Committee
*Guam Caucus¹6th -- Wisconsin Caucuses
7th -- Illinois Nat'l Convention Delegation Mtg
8th -- *Indiana Primary¹
*N. Carolina Primary¹
*W. Virginia Primary¹11th - 13th -- Alaska State Party Convention
12th -- S. Carolina State Convention
12th - 26th -- Virginia Congressional District Conventions
14th -- *Maryland State Central Committee Mtg
15th -- Idaho Primary
*Oregon Primary¹
Nebraska Primary
19th -- N. Carolina Congressional District Conventions
19th - 20th -- *Democrats Abroad Global Convention
19th - June 1st -- *Colorado District Conventions
20th -- *Washington Caucuses
22nd -- *Arkansas Primary¹
*Kentucky Primary¹25th -- New York State Committee
25th - 27th -- Hawaii State Convention
26th -- Georgia State Committee Mtg
Mississippi State Convention
Vermont State Convention
*Wyoming State Convention
30th -- Connecticut Caucuses

JUNE:
1st - 10th -- Nebraska County Conventions
2nd -- *Colorado State Convention
*Kansas State Convention
Kentucky State Convention
Michigan District Conventions
Oregon Congressional District Conventions
2nd - 3rd -- Florida State Convention
*Maine State Convention
Minnesota State Convention
*Washington State Convention
3rd -- *Puerto Rico Caucuses¹
*Virgin Islands Territorial Convention¹5th -- *California Primary¹
*Montana Primary¹
*N. Dakota Caucus¹
*New Jersey Primary¹
*New Mexico Primary¹
*S. Dakota Primary¹NPL Party Caucus
6th -- Connecticut District Level Delegation Mtg
7th -- Montana Caucuses
8th -- Wisconsin Administrative Committee Mtg & State Convention
8th - 9th -- *Texas State Convention
W. Virginia State Convention & Executive Committee
9th -- Delaware State Convention
Missouri State Convention
Montana State Convention
New Mexico State Party Central Committee & District Conventions
Pennsylvania State Committee
Virginia State Convention
Vermont Nat'l Convention Delegate Mtg
9th - 10th -- *Nevada State Convention
10th -- *Idaho State Convention
Puerto Rico Assembly
16th -- *Arkansas Special State Convention
*Iowa State Convention
Indiana State Convention
N. Carolina State Convention
*N. Dakota State Delegate Selection Mtg
New Jersey State Committee
New Mexico State Party Central Committee
Oregon State Convention
21st -- Rhode Island State Convention
23rd -- *Michigan State Central Committee
*Nebraska State Convention
24th -- *California Delegation Mtg
30th -- S. Dakota State Convention/Central Committee

SEPTEMBER:
3-6 -- Democratic National Convention -
Charlotte, North Carolina

JANUARY:
3rd -- *Iowa Caucus
10th -- *New Hampshire Primary
21st -- *S. Carolina Primary
31st -- *Florida Primary

FEBRUARY:
February - April -- Wisconsin Caucuses
4th -- Nevada Caucuses
4th - 11th -- *Maine Caucuses
7th -- *Colorado Caucuses
*Minnesota Caucuses
Missouri Primary
7th - 11th -- Northern Marianas Caucuses
9th - 29th -- Wyoming Straw Poll
9th - May 1st -- Virginia Local Mass Mtgs, Canvasses, Conventions
17th - March 21st -- Minnesota BPOU Conventions
18th -- Georgia Precinct Mass Mtgs
25th -- *Northern Marianas Commonwealth Convention
28th -- *Arizona Primary
*Michigan Primary

MARCH:
March -- S. Dakota County/Regional/State/Nat'l Delegate Selection Mtgs
S. Carolina County Conventions
3rd -- *Washington Caucuses
6th -- *Alaska Caucus
*Idaho Caucuses
*N. Dakota Caucuses
*Tennessee Primary
*Virginia Primary
*Vermont Primary
*Georgia Primary
*Massachusetts Primary
*Ohio Primary
*Oklahoma Primary
U.S. Virgin Islands Caucus
*Wyoming Caucus
10th -- Georgia Precinct Mass Mtgs/County Conventions
Iowa County Conventions
*Kansas Caucuses
*Virgin Islands Caucus
*Guam Caucus
10th - 17th -- Nevada County Conventions
13th -- *Alabama Primary
*American Samoa Caucus
*Hawaii Caucuses
*Mississippi Primary
15th -- Utah Caucuses
17th -- Missouri Caucuses
17th - April 21st -- Washington County Conventions / Legislative District Caucus
18th -- *Puerto Rico Primary
20th -- *Illinois Primary
24th -- *Louisiana Primary
28th -- Colorado County Assemblies
29th - April 13th -- *Colorado District Conventions
30th - April 1st -- N. Dakota State Convention
30th - April 24th -- *Kansas Congressional District Conventions
31st - April 14th -- Oklahoma District Conventions

APRIL:
April -- New Mexico Precinct Mtgs
Ohio District Conventions
Puerto Rico Primary
S. Carolina District Conventions
Vermont Caucuses
1st - 21st -- Arizona District & County Conventions
3rd -- *D.C. Primary
*Maryland Primary
*Texas Primary
*Wisconsin Primary
7th - 28th -- N. Carolina District Conventions
7th -- *Tennessee State Executive Committee
12th - 14th -- *Wyoming Convention
14th -- *Colorado Convention
Georgia District Conventions
14th - 21st -- *Minnesota District Conventions
21st -- Iowa District Statutory Caucus
Missouri Congressional District Conventions
Utah State Convention
23rd - May 11th -- *Arkansas Special Mtg of the County Conventions
24th -- *Connecticut Primary
*Delaware Primary
*New York Primary*Pennsylvania Primary*Rhode Island Primary
24th - July 1st -- *Kansas State Party Committee Mtg
26th - 28th -- *Alaska State Convention
27th - 28th -- Maryland Spring Convention
28th -- Delaware State Convention
Mississippi Caucuses & County Conventions

MAY:
May -- Connecticut State Committee Mtg
Ohio State Convention
3rd -- Michigan County Conventions
4th - 5th -- *Minnesota State Convention
5th -- Massachusetts Deadline for Congressional District Conventions
5th - 6th -- *Maine Caucuses & State Convention
*Nevada State Convention
8th -- *Indiana Primary
*N. Carolina Primary
*W. Virginia Primary
11th - 12th -- Oklahoma State Convention
11th - 26th -- Virginia District Conventions
12th -- Arizona Caucus & State Convention
12th - 19th -- New Mexico County Conventions
15th -- Idaho Primary
*Oregon Primary
Nebraska Primary
18th - 19th -- Georgia State Convention
Michigan Caucuses/State Convention
19th -- S. Carolina State Convention
Vermont State Convention
Mississippi State Convention
22nd -- *Arkansas Primary
*Kentucky Primary
22nd - 23rd -- *New York State Committee
31st - June 2nd -- *Washington State Convention

JUNE:
June -- Kentucky District Conventions
1st -- *Pennsylvania Summer Mtg
1st - 2nd -- N. Carolina State Convention
1st - 10th -- Nebraska County Conventions
2nd -- Louisiana State Convention
Missouri State Convention
5th -- *California Primary
*Montana Primary
*New Mexico Primary
*S. Dakota Primary
*New Jersey Primary
*New Jersey Election of Delegates
7th - 9th -- Texas State Convention
8th - 9th -- *Illinois Convention
*Indiana State Convention
9th -- Arkansas Special District Convention
Kentucky State Convention
14th - 16th -- *Montana State Convention
15th -- Massachusetts Deadline for State Committee Mtg
16th -- *Iowa State Convention
Virginia State Convention
*New Mexico State Convention
23rd -- Arkansas State Committee Mtg
Oregon District Conventions
26th -- *Utah Primary

JULY:
14th -- *Nebraska State Convention

AUGUST:
27th-30th -- Republican National Convention -
Tampa, Florida

(Schedules are subject to periodic change and updates.)

*Major event or National Convention delegates allocated.
**NOTE: March 1st, 2012 Democratic unpledged delegates are automatically selected.
¹Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

Sources: http://www.nass.org*** and http://www.care2.com/politics

**Founded in 1904, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is the oldest, nonpartisan professional organization of public officials in the United States. Members include the 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa and Puerto Rico.

We thank the following resources:

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Congress.org
http://www.congress.org
CNN
http://www.cnn.com
National Association of Secretaries of State
http://www.nass.org/
Care2.com,Inc.
http://www.care2.com
IowaCaucuses.biz
http://www.iowacaucus.biz