See the main dates for elections in the United States in 2024

Campaigns for the United States presidential election have begun, with President Joe Biden seeking re-election. In the Republican party, Nikki Haley and Donald Trump are competing for the nomination to contest the election.

Even with Trump's strong influence and dominance among Republicans, he needs to win the nomination after a series of primary elections. Furthermore, another point of attention will be the presidential debates.

All of this will happen with November 5th in focus, when the general elections will take place. See the main dates for the United States elections in 2024.

Some states have ballots that select unbound delegates. Delegates are an electoral figure in the United States, which is part of the indirect voting system. They are the ones who actually vote for party candidates.

If he is “linked”, a term used by the Republican party, he will necessarily have to vote for the candidate to whom he was assigned. If you are “unlinked”, you can support whoever you want when the convention arrives.

March

• March 4: North Dakota Republican Presidential Convention;
• March 5: Super Tuesday – – states and territories that hold elections include Alabama; Alaska Republican presidential conventions (run by the party); American Samoa Democratic presidential conventions; Arkansas; California; Colorado; mail-in voting at the Iowa Democratic caucuses; Maine; Massachusetts; Minnesota; North Caroline; Oklahoma; Tennessee; Texas; Utah's Democratic presidential primaries and Republican presidential caucuses; Vermont; and Virginia;
• March 6: Democratic presidential conventions in Hawaii;
• March 8th: Republican presidential conventions in American Samoa;
• March 12: States and territories holding elections include Georgia, Mississippi, Washington; Democratic Abroad presidential primaries; Hawaii Republican presidential conventions, Democratic primaries in the Northern Mariana Islands (run by the party);
• March, 15: Republican presidential conventions in the Northern Mariana Islands;
• March 16th: Guam Republican Convention (selects unbound delegates);
• March 19th: States holding elections include Arizona, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio; Florida Republican presidential primary; California's 20th Congressional District special primary election; Ohio 6th Congressional District special primary election;
• March 23: Presidential primary elections in Louisiana; Democratic presidential primary elections in Missouri (run by the party);
• March 30th: North Dakota Democratic presidential primary (run by party).

April

• April 2nd: States holding elections include Arkansas (non-presidential primary runoff), Connecticut, Delaware, Mississippi (non-presidential primary runoff), New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin;*
• April 6: Alaska Democratic presidential primary (run by the party);
• April 13th: Democratic presidential conventions in Wyoming;
• April 16: Alabama (non-presidential primary runoff);*
• April 18: Wyoming Republican Convention;
• April 21: Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary elections;
• April 23: Pennsylvania Primary Election;
• April 28: Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primaries;
• April 30th: New York 26th Congressional District special general election.

*Runoff elections in Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama will be held if no candidate in a race receives a majority of votes in the March primaries

May

• May 1st: New Mexico Republican Convention (selects unbound delegates);
• May 7: Indiana Primary Election;
• May 14: States that hold elections include Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia. North Carolina non-presidential runoffs will be held on this date if there are federal races in which no candidate received more than 30% of the vote in the March primary. If there is no second round in federal disputes, the second round for state elections will be held on April 23;
• May 18: Montana Republican Convention (selects unbound delegates);
• May 21: States holding elections include Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky and Oregon; California 20th Congressional District special general election*;
• May 23: Democratic presidential conventions in Idaho;
• May 23rd to 25th: Texas Republican Convention;
• may 25th: Oregon Republican Convention;
• May 28: Texas non-presidential primary runoff**;

*The California district election will only be held if no candidate receives a majority of votes on March 19.

**Held if no candidate in a race receives a majority of votes in the March primary.

June

• June 4: States that hold elections include DC and Iowa (statewide); Montana Democratic presidential primary (Republican primary is non-binding); New Jersey Democratic presidential primary (Republican primary is non-binding); New Mexico Democratic presidential primary (Republican primary is non-binding); South Dakota Democratic presidential primary (Republican primary is non-binding);
• June 8th: Democratic presidential conventions in the US Virgin Islands and Guam;
• June 11th: Non-presidential primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina; Ohio's 6th Congressional District special general election;
• June 18: Non-presidential primaries in Georgia (runoff)*, Oklahoma and Virginia;
• June 25th: Non-presidential primaries in Colorado, New York, Utah and South Carolina (runoffs)**;

*Georgia's runoff elections will be held if no candidate in a race receives a majority of votes in the May primary.

***Georgia's runoff elections will be held if no candidate in a race receives a majority of votes in the June 11 primary.

July

• July 15th to 18th: Republican National Convention;
• July 30th: States holding elections include Arizona and South Dakota (runoffs)*.

*The South Dakota runoff will be held if no U.S. House candidate receives more than 35% of the vote in the June primary.

August

• August 1st: Tennessee non-presidential primary elections;
• August 6: Non-presidential primary elections in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington;
• August 10: Non-presidential primary elections in Hawaii;
• August 13: Non-presidential primary elections in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin;
• August 19th to 22nd: Democratic National Convention;
• August 20th: Non-presidential primary elections in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming;
• August 27: Non-presidential primary second round*

*Held if no candidate in a race receives a majority of votes in the June primary.

September

• September 10th: Non-presidential primary elections in Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
• September 16: First presidential debate of the general elections, held at Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas;
• September 25th: Vice Presidential debate, held at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania;

October

• October 1: Second presidential debate of the general elections, held at Virginia State University, in Petersburg, Virginia;
• October 9: Third presidential debate of the general election, held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

November

• November 5th: Election Day

December

• December 3: Second round of elections in Georgia*
• December 7th: Louisiana second round**

*Held if no candidate in a race receives a majority of votes on Election Day.

**Louisiana does not have a party primary. Instead, all candidates compete on the same November 5th ballot. The candidate who obtains more than 50% of the votes wins the election. If no one does so, the first two candidates will advance to this second round.