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Primary Schedule, February and March

Posted by: Linda Carbonell on January 26, 2012.

According to the rules of the Republican Party, only Iowa and New Hampshire have the right to hold caucuses and primaries before February 1, and Iowa’s early caucus is non-binding. South Carolina and Florida forfeited half their convention delegates to hold primaries in January.

Now, we get down to the important primaries and caucuses, where the entire delegation is at stake.

February 4: Nevada caucuses

February 4 through 11: Maine caucuses

February 7: Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and Missouri primary (non-binding for GOP)

February 28: Arizona and Michigan primaries

March 3: Washington caucuses

March 6 (Super Tuesday): Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota caucuses; Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia primaries

March 6 through 10: Wyoming caucuses

March 10: Kansas and Virgin Islands caucuses

March 13: Alabama and Mississippi primary, Hawaii caucuses

March 17: Missouri GOP caucuses

March 20: Illinois primary

March 24: Louisiana primary

Seven weeks, thirteen caucuses, fourteen primaries, thousands of Excedrin and antacids. If we are incredibly lucky or very blessed, the GOP will settle this clusterfudge on March 6 and we will not have to go all the way to the August convention before they stop the Mitt-Newt-Rick-Ron roadshow.