US 2020 Primaries: All States and Dates

US 2020 Primaries: The 2020 Presidential primary schedule will begin to take shape in the coming months. The dates below may be subject to change as states and parties make their final decisions regarding which day to hold their primary or caucus contests. This page will be updated as the calendar is finalized and states make their 2020 primary dates permanent.

Super Tuesday 2020 is set for Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

Note: All dates are primaries unless otherwise noted as a caucus. Primaries and caucuses which are only being held by one party on that date are noted as DEMOCRATIC or REPUBLICAN. The delegate counts (coming soon) represent the total delegates from that state for each respective party. Primary and caucus results will be updated regularly.

US 2020 Primaries: Date (2020):

Mon Feb 3:

Iowa caucuses

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Tue Feb 11

New Hampshire

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Sat Feb 22

Nevada caucuses

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Sat Feb 29

South Carolina

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Tue Mar 3

Alabama

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Arkansas

DEMOCRATIC: Open

California

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Democrats Abroad (to 3/10)

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Massachusetts

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Minnesota

DEMOCRATIC: Open

North Carolina

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Oklahoma

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Tennessee

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Texas

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Utah

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Vermont

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Virginia

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Sat Mar 7

Louisiana

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Sun Mar 8

Maine caucus

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Puerto Rico caucus

REPUBLICAN: Closed

Tue Mar 10

Hawaii caucuses

REPUBLICAN: Closed

IdahoDEMOCRATIC: Open

Michigan

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Mississippi

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Missouri

DEMOCRATIC: Open

North Dakota caucuses

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Ohio

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Washington

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Tue Mar 17

Arizona

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Florida

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Illinois

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Sat Apr 4

Alaska caucuses

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Hawaii caucuses

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Tue Apr 7

Wisconsin

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Tue Apr 28

Connecticut

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Delaware

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Maryland

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Pennsylvania

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Rhode Island

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Tue May 5

Indiana

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Tue May 12

Nebraska

REPUBLICAN: Open

West Virginia

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

Tue May 19

Kentucky

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Oregon

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Tue Jun 2

Montana

DEMOCRATIC: Open

New Jersey

DEMOCRATIC: Mixed

New Mexico

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

South Dakota

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

Sun Jun 7

Puerto Rico

DEMOCRATIC: Open

Tue Jun 16

Washington, DC

DEMOCRATIC: Closed

No Date

Alaska Caucus (R)

No Date

Alaska Caucus (D)

No Date

American Samoa Caucus (D)

No Date

American Samoa (R Convention)

No Date

Colorado caucuses

No Date

Guam (R convention)

No Date

Hawaii Caucus (D)

No Date

Kansas Caucus (D)

No Date

Kansas Caucus (R)

No Date

Nebraska Caucus (D)

No Date

Nevada Caucus (R)

No Date

Northern Marianas Caucus (D)

No Date

Northern Marianas Caucus (R)

No Date

South Carolina (R)

No Date

Virgin Islands Caucus (R)

No Date

Virgin Islands Caucus (D)

No Date

Washington, DC (R Convention)

No Date

Wyoming Caucus (R)

No Date

Wyoming Caucus (D)

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Allocation

All Democratic primary/caucus delegates are proportionally allocated. Republican primaries/caucuses are listed as Proportional (P), Winner-Take-All (WTA), or Winner-Take-Most (WTM).

Proportional – Delegates are awarded based on the percentage of the vote received by candidates, or some formulation of dividing up the delegates.
Winner Take All – All delegates are given to the winner of the contest.
Winner Take Most – Some delegates are reserved for the winner, some may be divided proportionally.
Unbound – Delegates are not bound to a specific candidate and can support any candidate of their choosing, varies by the state party organization.

US 2020 Primaries: Type

Open – Voters may vote in either party primary but can choose only one
Closed – Only voters registered in their respective party may vote in the party primary
Mixed – A semi-open or a semi-closed environment, unaffiliated voters can choose to vote in either primary or can switch registration the day of voting