While 44% of this year's statewide party primaries are in the rearview mirror, there are still plenty of filing deadlines yet to come this year.
Six states have statewide candidate filing deadlines in the next two weeks. The map and bulleted list below show which states have candidate filing deadlines scheduled between June 6 and June 19.
- Connecticut : June 9 (statewide primary candidate filing deadline)
- Florida : June 12 (statewide candidate filing deadline for U.S. House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, chief financial officer, state senator, state representative)
- New Hampshire : June 12 (statewide primary candidate filing deadline)
- Tennessee : June 17 (statewide primary write-in candidate filing deadline)
- Utah : June 15 (statewide unaffiliated candidate filing deadline)
- Virginia : June 16 (statewide unaffiliated candidate filing deadline for U.S. Senate)
Looking Back
16 states had candidate filing deadlines in the past two weeks:
- Alaska : June 1 (statewide candidate filing deadline)
- Hawaii : June 2 (statewide candidate filing deadline)
- Illinois : May 26 (statewide unaffiliated candidate filing deadline)
- Iowa : June 2 (statewide unaffiliated and minor party candidate filing deadline)
- Kansas : June 1 (statewide primary candidate filing deadline)
- Kentucky : June 2 (statewide unaffiliated candidate filing deadline)
- Maine : June 1 (statewide unaffiliated and minor party candidate filing deadline)
- Massachusetts : May 26 (statewide candidate filing deadline for Governor's Council, state Senate, and state House races) and June 2 (statewide primary candidate filing deadline for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, and auditor's races)
- Minnesota : June 2 (statewide candidate filing deadline)
- Montana : June 1 (statewide unaffiliated and minor party candidate filing deadline)
- New Jersey : June 2 (statewide unaffiliated candidate filing deadline)
- New York : May 26 (unaffiliated candidate filing deadline)
- Vermont : May 28 (statewide primary candidate filing deadline)
- Virginia : May 26 (statewide primary candidate filing deadline for U.S. House races)
- Wisconsin : June 1 (statewide candidate filing deadline)
- Wyoming : May 29 (statewide primary candidate filing deadline)
Candidates must meet various state-specific filing requirements and deadlines to appear on primary and general election ballots. These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether and how candidates can make it onto the ballot. These laws are set at the state level and apply to candidates running for state and federal offices.
Voting in upcoming elections
Seven states and D.C. have elections taking place in the next two weeks:
- Alabama : June 16 statewide primary runoff election
- District of Columbia : June 16 primary election
- Georgia : June 16 statewide primary runoff election
- Maine : June 9 statewide primary election
- Nevada : June 9 statewide primary election
- North Dakota : June 9 statewide primary election and special election primary
- Oklahoma : June 16 statewide primary election
- South Carolina : June 9 statewide primary election
Voter participation deadlines
Nine states and D.C. have early voting periods that start in the next two weeks:
- District of Columbia : Early voting begins June 8 for the June 16 primary.
- Georgia : Early voting begins June 8 for the June 16 primary runoff.
- Louisiana : Early voting begins June 13 for the June 27 party primary runoff.
- Maryland : Early voting begins June 11 for the June 23 primary.
- New York : Early voting begins June 13 for the June 23 primary.
- Oklahoma : Early voting begins June 11 for the June 16 primary.
- South Carolina : Early voting begins June 17 for the June 23 primary runoff.
- South Dakota : Early voting begins June 12 for the July 28 primary.
- Utah : Early voting begins June 9 for the June 23 primary.
- Virginia : Early voting begins June 18 for the August 4 primary.
Five states and D.C. have voter registration deadlines in the next two weeks:
- District of Columbia : June 16 is the last day to register to vote in person in the June 16 primary.
- Louisiana : June 6 is the last day to register to vote online in the June 27 party primary runoff.
- Maine : June 9 is the last day to register to vote in person in the June 9 primary.
- Nevada : June 9 is the last day to register to vote in person and online in the June 9 primary.
- New York : June 13 is the last day to register to vote in the June 23 primary.
- Utah : June 12 is the last day to register to vote by mail or online in the June 23 primary. In-person voter registration is available through June 23.
Four states have absentee/mail-in ballot request deadlines in the next two weeks:
- Alabama : June 9 is the last day to request a ballot online for the June 16 primary runoff. June 11 is the last day to request a ballot in person.
- Maryland : June 16 is the last day to request a ballot by mail for the June 23 primary. June 19 is the last day to request a ballot online, and June 23 is the last day to request a ballot in person.
- New York : June 13 is the last day to request a ballot by mail or online for the June 23 primary. June 22 is the last day to request a ballot in person.
- North Dakota : June 9 is the last day to request a ballot in person for the June 9 primary.
Click here to see our list of upcoming election dates and filing deadlines.
