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| State | State primary date | Run off | Candidate filing deadlines |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | March 1* | May 24* | Open: Nov. 13, 2021* Close: Dec. 13, 2021, by 6 p.m. (not later than 6 p.m. on the second Monday in December of an odd-numbered year)* Tex. Elec. Code § 172.023 *TX SB 13: Due to the delayed delivery of the 2020 redistricting data, this bill sets new dates for the candidate-filing period, primary election, and primary runoff election for the 2022 election cycle based on when the legislature completes redistricting. Texas enacted redistricting maps on October 25, 2021. The law is not effective until Dec. 2, 2021, therefore the opening of the candidate filing is based on current law, which starts the filing period on Nov 13. |
| North Carolina | May 17* | TBD* | Open: On Hold* (Orginal date: Dec. 6, 2021, at noon (no earlier than noon on the first Monday in December) Close: On Hold* (Ordinial date: Dec. 17, 2021, by noon (no later than noon on the third Friday in December preceding the primary) N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-106.2 *On Dec. 8, 2021, the North Carolina Supreme Court granted a prelimary injunction and temporary stays the candidate filing period for the 2022 election. The Court changed the state primary date from March 8 to May 17, 2022 and halted the candidate filing periods. |
| Illinois | June 28 | Open: March 7, 2022 (not more than 113 days prior to the date of the primary) Close: March 14, 2022 (not less than 106 days prior to the date of the primary) |
| Indiana | May 3 | Open: Jan. 5 (not earlier than 118 days before the primary election) Close: Feb. 4 (not later than noon 88 days before the primary election). Burns Ind. Code § 3-8-2-4 |
| Ohio | May 3 | Open: N/A Close: Feb. 2 (not later than 4 p.m. of the 90th day before the day of the primary election) Ohio Rev. Code § 3513.05 |
| Nebraska | May 10 | Open: January 5, 2022* Close: Feb. 15, 2022 (filing period shall be between Dec. 1 and Feb.15 prior to the date of the primary election)* Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-606 LB 285 (2021): changed the candidate filing dates. |
| West Virginia | May 10 | Open: Jan. 10 (not earlier than the second Monday in January before the primary election day) Close: Jan. 29 (not later than the last Saturday in January before the primary election day and must be received before midnight ET of that day or, if mailed, shall be postmarked by the United States Postal Service before that hour) W. Va. Code § 3-5-7 |
| Kentucky | May 17 | Open: Nov. 3, 2021 (not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year the office will appear on the ballot) Close: Jan. 7, 2022 (not later than the first Friday following the first Monday in January preceding the day fixed by law for holding the primary) KRS § 118.165 |
| Oregon | May 17 | Open: Sept. 10, 2021 (not sooner than the 250th day before the date of the primary election) Close: Mar. 8, 2022 (not later than the 70th day before the date of the primary election) Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 249.037 |
| Pennsylvania | May 17 | Open: Feb. 15 Close: March 8 (on or before the 10th Tuesday prior to the primary) 25 P.S. § 2873 |
| Idaho | May 17 | Open: Feb. 28, 2022, at 8 a.m. (8 a.m. on the 12th Monday preceding the primary election) Close: March 11, at 5 p.m. (5 p.m. on the 10th Friday preceding the primary election) Idaho Code §34-704 and 34-708 |
| Alabama | May 24 |June 21 | Open: N/A Close: Jan. 28 (not later than 5 p.m. 116 days before the date of the primary election) Code of Ala. § 17-13-5 |
| Georgia | May 24 | June 21 | Open: March 7 (9 a.m. on the Monday of the 11th week immediately prior to the state or county primary) Close: March 11 (noon on the Friday immediately following such Monday, notwithstanding the fact that any such days may be legal holidays) O.C.G.A. § 21-2-153 |
| California | June 7 | Open: Feb. 14 Close: March 11 |
| Iowa | June 7 | Open: Feb. 28 (not earlier than 99 days before the primary election) Close: March 18 at 5 p.m. (no later than 5 p.m. on the 81st day before the day fixed for holding the primary election) Iowa Code §43.11 |
| Mississippi | June 7 | June 28 | Open: Jan. 1, 2021 (no such assessments may be paid before Jan. 1 of the year in which the primary election for the office is held) Close: March 1 (by 5 p.m. on March 1 of the year in which the primary election for the office is held or on the date of the qualifying deadline provided by statute for the office, whichever is earlier) Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-299 |
| Montana | June 7 | Open: Jan. 13 (no sooner than 145 days before the election in which the office first appears on the ballot) Close: March 14 (no later than 5 p.m., 85 days before the date of the primary election) Mont Code § 13-10-201 |
| New Jersey | June 7 | Open: N/A Close: April 4, by 4 p.m. |
| New Mexico | June 7 | Open: Feb. 1, at 9 a.m. Close: Feb. 1, by 5 p.m. (on the first Tuesday in February of each even-numbered year between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.) NM ST § 1-8-26(B) |
| South Dakota | June 7 | August 16 | Open: Jan. 1 Close: March 29, by 5 p.m. (by the last Tuesday of March at 5 p.m. local time before the date of the primary election; by the last Tuesday of March at 5 p.m. local time before the primary election, if the petition is mailed by registered mail) S.D. Codified Laws § 12-6-4 |
| Maine | June 14 | Open: N/A Close: March 15, by 5 p.m. Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 335 |
| Nevada | June 14 | Open: March 7 (first Monday in March of the year in which the election is to be held) Close: March 18, by 5 p.m. (not later than 5 p.m. on the second Friday after the first Monday in March) NRS § 293.177(b) |
| North Dakota | June 14 | Open: N/A Close: April 11, by 4 p.m. (not later than 4 p.m. on the 64th day prior to the day of election) N.D. Cent. Code, § 16.1-12-04 |
| South Carolina | June 14 | June 28 | Open: March 16, at noon Close: March 30, by noon (noon on March 16 and noon on March 30; next regular business day if March 30 is on a Saturday or Sunday) S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-15 |
| Virginia | June 21* | Open: March 14 (not earlier than noon of the 92nd day before the primary) Close: March 30 at 5 p.m. (not later than 5 p.m. of the 75th day before the primary) Va. Code §§ 24.2-503, 24.2-522 and 24.2-524 *Note: SB 1148 (2021) changed the date of the primary election held in June from the second Tuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. The bill also changes candidate filing deadlines to reflect the change of date. |
| Arkansas | May 24 | June 21 | Open: Feb. 22, at noon (beginning at noon one week prior to the first day in March) Close: March 1, at noon (ending at noon on the first day in March) Ark. Code § 7-7-203 |
| Colorado | June 28 | Open: Jan. 18 (third Tuesday in January) Close: March 15 (no later than the third Tuesday in March) Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-801 |
| Maryland | June 28 | Open: N/A Close: Feb. 22, by 9 p.m. (9 p.m. on the last Tuesday in February before the primary election) |
| New York | June 28 | Open: April 4 (not earlier than the 13th Monday before the primary election) Close: April 7 (not later than the 12th Thursday preceding the primary election) NY CLS Elec § 6–158 |
| Oklahoma | June 28 | August 23 | Open: April 13, at 8 a.m. (no earlier than 8 a.m. on the second Wednesday of April of any even-numbered year) Close: April 15, at 5 p.m. (no later than 5 p.m. on the next succeeding Friday) 26 Okl. St. § 5-110 |
| Utah | June 28 | Open: March 11 (on or after the second Friday in March before the next regular general election) Close: March 17, by 5 p.m. (before 5 p.m. on the third Thursday in March before the next regular general election) Utah Code § 20A-9-408 |
| Arizona | Aug. 2 | Open: Jan. 1 (Citizens Clean Elections CCEC participating candidates); March 7, 2022 (traditionally funded candidates) Close: April 4, by 5 p.m. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-311 |
| Kansas | Aug. 2 | Open: N/A Close: June 1, at noon if new redistricting plans are established on or before May 10; June 10, 2022, at noon if new redistricting plans are established on or after May 11. K.S.A. § 25-205 |
| Michigan | Aug. 2 | Open: N/A Close: April 19, at 4 p.m. (no later than 4 p.m. of the 15th Tuesday before the August primary) Mich. Comp. Laws Serv. § 168.551 |
| Missouri | Aug. 2 | Open: Feb. 22, at 8 a.m. Close: March 29, at 5 p.m. R.S. Mo §§ 115.349.2, 115.349.1 |
| Washington | Aug. 2 | Open: May 16 Close: May 20 (during regular business hours beginning the Monday two weeks before Memorial Day and ending the following Friday in the year in which the office is scheduled to be voted upon) RCW 29A.24.050 |
| Tennessee | Aug. 4 | Open: N/A Close: April 7, by noon (noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April) Tenn. Code § 2-5-101 |
| Connecticut | Aug. 9 | Open: N/A Close: June 7 (not later than 4 p.m. on the 63rd day preceding the day of the primary) Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-400 |
| Minnesota | Aug. 9 | Open: May 17 (not more than 84 days before the state primary) Close: May 31 (not less than 70 days before the state primary) Minn. Stat. § 204B.09 |
| Vermont | Aug. 9 | Open: April 25 (not earlier than the fourth Monday in April preceding the primary election) Close: May 26 (not later than 5 p.m. on the fourth Thursday after the first Monday in May preceding the primary election) Vt. Stat. tit. 17, § 2356 |
| Wisconsin | Aug. 9 | Open: April 15 (no sooner than April 15 preceding the general election) Close: June 1, by 5 p.m. (no later than 5 p.m. on June 1 preceding the partisan primary) Wis. Stat. § 8.15 |
| Hawaii | Aug. 13 | Open: Feb. 1 Close: June 7 HRS §12-6, HRS §12-2.5 |
| Alaska | Aug. 16 | Open:N/A Close: June 1 by 5 p.m. Alaska Stat. § 15.25.040 |
| Wyoming | Aug. 16 | Open: May 12 (not more than 96 days preceding the primary election) Close: May 27 (not later than 81 days preceding the primary election) Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-209 |
| Florida | Aug. 23 | Open: June 13, at noon (noon of the 71st day prior to the primary election) Close: June 17, by noon (not later than noon of the 67th day prior to the date of the primary election) Fla. Stat. § 99.061 |
| Delaware | Sept. 13 | Open: N/A Close: July 12 (on or before noon) 15 Del. C. § 3101 |
| New Hampshire | Sept. 13 | Open: June 1 Close: June 10 (between the first Wednesday in June and the Friday of the following week) RSA § 655:14 |
| Rhode Island | Sept. 13 | Open: N/A Close: last consecutive Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in June (June 27, 28, and 29, 2022) § 17-14-1 |
| Massachusetts | Sept. 20 | Open: Feb. __, 2022 (no later than 15 weeks prior to the first filing deadline with the secretary of the commonwealth) Close: May 31 (on or before the last Tuesday in May of the year in which a state election is to be held) ALM GL ch. 53, § 10 |
| Louisiana | Nov. 8 | Dec. 10 | Open: N/A Close: July 22, 4:30 p.m. on the Friday after the opening of the qualifying period for candidates in the primary election or, if that Friday is a legal holiday, at 4:30 p.m. on the next day which is not a legal holiday §468., §467. |
