Primary

A primary is a dress rehearsal for a real election. And like a real election, the votes might count.

January

 * Jan. 5: Wyoming GOP caucuses
 * Jan. 14: Iowa caucuses (tentative, may move up)
 * Jan. 15: Michigan primary (tentative)
 * Jan. 19: South Carolina GOP (tentative), Nevada caucuses
 * Jan. 22: New Hampshire (tentative, may move up)
 * Jan. 29: South Carolina Democrats
 * Florida
 * Ohio is considering a proposal to move up its primary to this date from March 4

February

 * Feb. 1: Maine GOP caucuses
 * Feb. 5: Alabama
 * Alaska caucuses
 * Arkansas
 * Arizona
 * California
 * Colorado (Democratic caucuses; GOP likely to move its caucuses to this date also)
 * Connecticut
 * Delaware
 * Georgia
 * Idaho (Democratic caucuses)
 * Illinois
 * Kansas (Democratic caucuses)
 * Minnesota caucuses
 * Missouri
 * New Jersey
 * New Mexico (Democratic caucuses)
 * New York
 * North Dakota caucuses
 * Oklahoma
 * Tennessee
 * Utah
 * West Virginia (GOP state convention only)
 * Feb. 7: Hawaii GOP (tentative)
 * Feb. 9: Kansas GOP caucuses, Louisiana
 * Feb. 10: Maine Democrats
 * Feb. 12: Maryland
 * Virginia
 * District of Columbia
 * Feb. 19: Hawaii Democrats
 * Washington (nonbinding "beauty contest")
 * Wisconsin

March

 * March 4: Massachusetts
 * Ohio
 * Rhode Island
 * Texas
 * Vermont
 * March 8: Wyoming Democrats
 * March 11: Mississippi

April

 * April 22: Pennsylvania

May

 * May 6: Indiana
 * North Carolina
 * May 13: Nebraska
 * West Virginia
 * May 20: Kentucky
 * Oregon
 * May 27: Idaho

June

 * June 3: Montana
 * South Dakota

August

 * Aug. 25-28: Democratic National Convention in Denver

September

 * Sept. 1-4: Republican National Convention in Minneapolis