The 2024 November election is quickly approaching, and the presidential primary calendar is continuing to take shape. As of June 22, 2023, thirty states have confirmed the dates for their 2024 presidential preference primaries through the release of an official election calendar, candidate filing instructions, or an announcement from a state political party.
A presidential preference primary is a primary election in which a voter indicates a preference for a particular candidate to be a party’s nominee for the presidency. This type of primary can either be organized by a state itself or by a political party within the state. (In Alaska, Hawaii, South Carolina, the Democratic and Republican parties hold their presidential preference primaries on separate dates.)
South Carolina has the earliest confirmed 2024 presidential preference primary date with its Democratic Party primary scheduled for February 3. Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota share the latest confirmed date, June 4. Twelve other states share the most popular confirmed date, March 5, which is commonly known as Super Tuesday: Alabama, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia.
