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State primary ballot dates and candidate filing deadlines are listed below. The primaries are used by political parties to determine the candidates who will run for all partisan offices in their states on the general election ballot on Nov. 8, 2022. On the ballots are legislative, congressional, gubernatorial and statewide office contests in 46 states.

Note that Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia concur their legislative elections in odd-numbered years. The dates listed for those states apply to congressional and other races. Come across Why Do Four States Have Odd-Yr Elections for more information.

The earliest state chief in 2022 will be held on March one, and the latest in mid-September. June and Baronial are the busiest months, with fifteen primaries each, while there are no primaries scheduled for April or July. The way in which party chief elections are conducted varies widely by country. Please visit NCSL'due south State Principal Types webpage for information on "airtight," "open," "Superlative 2" and other primary elections or NCSL'southward Primaries: More than than One Mode to Find a Party Nominee report.

Note that principal dates are subject to alter past legislative action. The dates listed here are based on state ballot resources or statutory requirements as of March 2021.

For additional data, email NCSL'southward Elections Team .

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Country	Land main date | Run off	Candidate filing deadlines
Texas	03/01March one* | May 24*	Open: Nov. xiii, 2021* Close: December. thirteen, 2021, by half-dozen p.k. (not later than 6 p.m. on the second Mon in December of an odd-numbered year)* Tex. Elec. Code § 172.023 *TX SB 13: Due to the delayed commitment of the 2020 redistricting data, this pecker sets new dates for the candidate-filing flow, chief election, and primary runoff election for the 2022 election bike based on when the legislature completes redistricting. Texas enacted redistricting maps on Oct 25, 2021. The law is non constructive until December. 2, 2021, therefore the opening of the candidate filing is based on current law, which starts the filing menstruation on Nov 13.
North Carolina	05/17MayMay 17* | July 26*	Open up: Feb 24* (Orginal date: Dec. 6, 2021, at noon (no earlier than noon on the first Monday in Dec) Close: March 4* (Ordinial date: December. 17, 2021, by noon (no later than apex on the third Friday in December preceding the primary) Due north.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-106.ii *On December. 8, 2021, the North Carolina Supreme Court granted a prelimary injunction and temporary stays the candidate filing period for the 2022 ballot. The Court changed the country primary date from March 8 to May 17, 2022 and halted the candidate filing periods. The candidate filing deadlines to resume on February 24, 2022. ** HB 605 moves the primary date to June vii, 2022. The bill has been ratified and was sent to the governor on Jan. xix, 2022. The governor vetoed the pecker on Jan. 28.
Illinois	06/28June 28	Open: March 7 (not more than than 113 days prior to the date of the primary) Close: March 14 (not less than 106 days prior to the date of the master)
Indiana	05/03May 3	Open up: Jan. 5 (not earlier than 118 days before the primary election) Close: February. 4 (not later than noon 88 days before the primary ballot). Burns Ind. Code § three-8-2-4
Ohio	05/03May 3	Open: N/A Close: Feb. 2/Mar. 4* (not later than four p.m. of the 90th day earlier the mean solar day of the main ballot) Ohio Rev. Code § 3513.05 *The HB 93 moves the congressional candidate filing deadline from February. 2 to Mar. iv.
Nebraska	05/10May ten	Open: January 5* Close: Feb. 15 (filing period shall exist betwixt December. ane and Feb.fifteen prior to the date of the primary ballot)* Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-606 LB 285 (2021): changed the candidate filing dates.
W Virginia	05/10May 10	Open: Jan. 10 (not earlier than the 2nd Monday in January before the principal election twenty-four hours) Close: Jan. 29 (not later than the last Saturday in January before the primary election mean solar day and must be received before midnight ET of that mean solar day or, if mailed, shall be postmarked by the United States Mail earlier that hour) W. Va. Code § 3-5-7
Kentucky	05/17May 17	Open: Nov. iii, 2021 (not earlier than the first Wednesday afterwards the first Monday in November of the yr preceding the year the office volition announced on the ballot) Close: Jan. 25, 2022* KRS § 118.165 *KY HB 172 (2022): extended the candidate filing deadlines to Jan. 25.
Oregon	05/17May 17	Open: Sept. 10, 2021 (not sooner than the 250th twenty-four hour period before the appointment of the primary election) Shut: Mar. 8, 2022 (non later than the 70th day before the date of the primary election) Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 249.037
Pennsylvania	05/17May 17	Open: February. 25 (Original appointment Feb. 15)* Close: Mar. 15 (Original date March 8, on or earlier the 10th Tuesday prior to the master)* 25 P.Southward. § 2873 *On February. nine, 2022, the Pennsylvania Supreme Courtroom temporarily suspended candidate filing deadlines. On Feb. 23, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted a congressional map and modified the candidate filing period. It volition open up on Feb. 25 and close Mar. xv.
Idaho	05/17May 17	Open up: Feb. 28, at 8 a.thousand. (viii a.m. on the 12th Monday preceding the primary election) Close: March 11, at v p.m. (5 p.chiliad. on the 10th Fri preceding the main election) Idaho Code §34-704 and 34-708
Alabama	05/24May 24 |June 21	Open: N/A Close: Jan. 28 or Feb. 11 (not afterward than five p.m. 116 days before the date of the main ballot)* Code of Ala. § 17-13-v *Note: A Federal courtroom blocked Alabama'due south new congressional district map from going into effect on Jan. 24, 2022. The court ordered that a new map to be drawn and it extended the filing deadline for congressional candidates for the May primaries to Feb. 11. The U.S. Supreme Court permitted Alabama's congressional plan to remain in effect for the 2022 principal and general elections. Waiting for court description on whether the candidate filing deadlines reverted back to the original appointment of Jan. 28 or extended to February. 11.
Georgia	05/24May 24 | June 21	Open: March vii (ix a.g. on the Mon of the 11th week immediately prior to the state or county master) Close: March 11 (apex on the Friday immediately following such Monday, nonetheless the fact that any such days may be legal holidays) O.C.G.A. § 21-2-153
California	06/07June 7	Open: Feb. xiv Close: March 11
Iowa	06/07June 7	Open: Feb. 28 (non earlier than 99 days before the master ballot) Close: March 18 at 5 p.m. (no later on than 5 p.m. on the 81st day earlier the day fixed for holding the primary ballot) Iowa Code §43.xi
Mississippi	06/07June seven | June 28	Open: Jan. one (no such assessments may exist paid before Jan. 1 of the year in which the chief election for the office is held) Shut: March ane (past 5 p.k. on March i of the twelvemonth 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. Lawmaking Ann. § 23-15-299
Montana	06/07June 7	Open: Jan. thirteen (no sooner than 145 days before the election in which the office beginning appears on the ballot) Shut: March 14 (no later than 5 p.thou., 85 days before the date of the primary election) Mont Code § xiii-10-201
New Jersey	06/07June 7	Open: N/A Close: Apr 4, by 4 p.yard.
New Mexico	06/07June 7	Open: February. 1, at 9 a.m. Close: Feb. 1, by v p.1000. (on the first Tuesday in February of each even-numbered year between nine a.m. and 5 p.thou.) NM ST § 1-8-26(B)
South Dakota	06/07June 7 | August sixteen	Open: Jan. 1 Close: March 29, by v p.thousand. (by the last Tuesday of March at five p.chiliad. local time before the date of the master election; by the last Tuesday of March at 5 p.thousand. local fourth dimension before the primary election, if the petition is mailed by registered mail service) South.D. Codified Laws § 12-6-four
Maine	06/14June 14	Open: N/A Shut: March 15, by 5 p.m. Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 335
Nevada	06/14June 14	Open: March 7 (start Monday in March of the year in which the election is to be held) Shut: March 18, by v p.one thousand. (non afterward than 5 p.yard. on the 2nd Fri afterward the showtime Monday in March) NRS § 293.177(b)
North Dakota	06/xivJune fourteen	Open: Due north/A Close: Apr xi, by 4 p.chiliad. (not later than four p.thou. on the 64th solar day prior to the day of election) N.D. Cent. Code, § xvi.1-12-04
South Carolina	06/14June 14 | June 28	Open: March xvi, at noon Shut: March 30, by noon (apex on March 16 and noon on March thirty; adjacent regular business solar day if March 30 is on a Saturday or Sunday) Due south.C. Lawmaking Ann. § 7-11-xv
Virginia	06/21June 21*	Open: March 21 (not earlier than apex of the 92nd day before the principal) Close: April 7 at 5 p.m. (non later than 5 p.m. of the 75th twenty-four hour period before the master) Va. Code §§ 24.2-503, 24.2-522 and 24.2-524 *Annotation: SB 1148 (2021) changed the date of the chief election held in June from the second Tuesday in June to the 3rd Tuesday in June. The bill besides changes candidate filing deadlines to reverberate the change of engagement.
Arkansas	05/24May 24 | June 21	Open: Feb. 22, at apex (beginning at noon one calendar week prior to the first 24-hour interval in March) Close: March 1, at noon (ending at noon on the first day in March) Ark. Code § vii-7-203
Colorado	06/28June 28	Open: Jan. xviii (third Tuesday in January) Close: March fifteen (no later than the 3rd Tuesday in March) Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-iv-801
Maryland	06/28June 28	Open: North/A Close: Mar. 22*, by 9 p.m. (9 p.m. on the concluding Tuesday in February earlier the primary ballot) * On Feb 11, 2022, the Maryland Court of Appeals extended the filing deadline from Feb. 22 to March 22.
New York	06/28June 28	Open: Apr iv (non earlier than the 13th Monday before the primary ballot) Shut: Apr seven (not later than the twelfth Th preceding the primary election) NY CLS Elec § half dozen–158
Oklahoma	06/28June 28 | Baronial 23	Open: April 13, at 8 a.thou. (no earlier than viii a.thousand. on the second Wednesday of Apr of whatever even-numbered year) Close: Apr fifteen, at 5 p.thousand. (no later than 5 p.thou. on the adjacent succeeding Fri) 26 Okl. St. § five-110
Utah	06/28June 28	Open: March 11 (on or after the second Fri in March earlier the next regular full general election) Close: March 17, past five p.m. (before 5 p.one thousand. on the third Thursday in March before the next regular general ballot) Utah Code § 20A-9-408
Arizona	08/02Aug. 2	Open: Jan. 1 (Citizens Clean Elections CCEC participating candidates); March vii, 2022 (traditionally funded candidates) Close: April iv, by 5 p.chiliad. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-311
Kansas	08/02Aug. 2	Open up: N/A Close: June one, 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 xi. Yard.South.A. § 25-205
Michigan	08/02Aug. 2	Open: N/A Close: April 19, at iv p.chiliad. (no later than four p.m. of the 15th Tuesday before the Baronial primary) Mich. Comp. Laws Serv. § 168.551
Missouri	08/02Aug. ii	Open: Feb. 22, at 8 a.m. Shut: March 29, at v p.m. R.S. Mo §§ 115.349.ii, 115.349.1
Washington	08/02Aug. 2	Open: May 16 Close: May twenty (during regular business hours offset the Monday two weeks before Memorial Twenty-four hour period and ending the following Fri in the year in which the office is scheduled to exist voted upon) RCW 29A.24.050
Tennessee	08/04Aug. 4	Open: N/A Close: April 7, by noon (noon, prevailing time, on the start Thursday in April) Tenn. Lawmaking § 2-5-101
Connecticut	08/09Aug. 9	Open: N/A Close: June 7 (not subsequently than 4 p.chiliad. on the 63rd day preceding the day of the chief) Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-400
Minnesota	08/09Aug. nine	Open up: May 17 (not more 84 days before the state main) Close: May 31 (not less than 70 days before the state primary) Minn. Stat. § 204B.09
Vermont	08/09Aug. 9	Open: April 25 (not earlier than the quaternary Monday in April preceding the primary election) Close: May 26 (non later than v p.one thousand. on the quaternary Thursday later the first Mon in May preceding the primary ballot) Vt. Stat. tit. 17, § 2356
Wisconsin	08/09Aug. nine	Open: April 15 (no sooner than April 15 preceding the general ballot) Shut: June 1, by 5 p.m. (no later on than 5 p.1000. on June 1 preceding the partisan primary) Wis. Stat. § viii.15
Hawaii	08/thirteenAug. xiii	Open: Feb. ane Close: June 7 HRS §12-6, HRS §12-2.5
Alaska	08/16Aug. 16	Open:N/A Shut: June 1 past five p.grand. Alaska Stat. § 15.25.040
Wyoming	08/sixteenAug. 16	Open: May 12 (not more than 96 days preceding the primary election) Shut: May 27 (non afterwards than 81 days preceding the primary election) Wyo. Stat. § 22-5-209
Florida	08/23Aug. 23	Open: June 13, at noon (apex of the 71st day prior to the primary election) Close: June 17, by apex (non later than apex of the 67th twenty-four hour period prior to the date of the primary ballot) Fla. Stat. § 99.061
Delaware	09/13Sept. 13	Open up: N/A Close: July 12 (on or before apex) fifteen Del. C. § 3101
New Hampshire	09/13Sept. 13	Open up: June ane Close: June 10 (betwixt the first Wed in June and the Friday of the following week) RSA § 655:14
Rhode Island	09/13Sept. 13	Open: June 27 Close: June 29 (last sequent Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in June (June 27, 28, and 29, 2022) § 17-fourteen-1
Massachusetts	09/06Sept. 6	Open: Feb. xv, 2022 (no later than fifteen weeks prior to the first filing deadline with the secretary of the commonwealth) Close: May 31 (on or earlier the last Tuesday in May of the twelvemonth in which a state election is to be held) ALM GL ch. 53, § 10
Louisiana	11/08Nov. 8 | December. 10	Open: Northward/A Close: July 22, 4:thirty p.chiliad. on the Friday afterward the opening of the qualifying flow for candidates in the primary ballot or, if that Friday is a legal holiday, at four:xxx p.grand. on the next twenty-four hour period which is not a legal vacation §468., §467.

Additional Resources

• NCSL's State Principal Election Types webpage
• NCSL'due south Primaries: More than One Fashion to Find a Political party Nominee report
• NCSL'due south Voting Historic period for Primary Elections webpage
• NCSL'south Primary Runoffs webpage
• NCSL'south Alternative Voting Systems webpage

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Source: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/2022-state-primary-election-dates-and-filing-deadlines.aspx

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