The United States presidential candidates will take their first test in the long-term and fierce competition for candidacy as Iowa caucuses kicked off on Thursday, followed by a state-by-state primaries and caucuses throughout the first half of the year.
The following is the calendar of the 2008 state primaries and caucuses announced by the U.S. National Association of Secretaries of State:
January
Jan. 3: Iowa
Jan. 5: Wyoming (Republican)
Jan. 8: New Hampshire
Jan. 15: Michigan
Jan. 19: Nevada, South Carolina (R)
Jan. 26: South Carolina (Democratic)
Jan. 29: Florida
February
Feb. 1: Maine (R)
Feb. 5 (Super Tuesday): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (D), Illinois, Kansas (D), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico (D),New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah
Feb. 9: Louisiana, Kansas (R)
Feb. 10: Maine (D)
Feb. 12: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
Feb. 19: Hawaii (D), Washington, Wisconsin
Note: Hawaii Republicans will select delegates during a week-long period in February
March
March 4: Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
March 8: Wyoming (D)
March 11: Mississippi
April
Apr. 22: Pennsylvania
May
May 6: Indiana, North Carolina
May 13: Nebraska, West Virginia
May 20: Kentucky, Oregon
May 27: Idaho (R)
June
June 3: Montana, New Mexico (R), South Dakota
August
Aug. 25-28: Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, where the party's presidential candidate is decided and announced.
September
Sept. 1-4: Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, where the party's presidential candidate is decided and announced.
Note: Among the states, those where caucuses are held include Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho (D), Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico (D), North Dakota, and Wyoming. The rest will run primaries.
Source: Xinhua
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