Primary & Caucus Dates

DATE	CONTEST	Number of REPUBLICAN DELEGATES		Number of DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
		1992	1996	1992	1996
1/25-1/31	Hawaii GOP caucuses	14	14
1/27-1/29	Alaska GOP caucuses	19	19 non-binding
2/6	Louisiana GOP caucuses	38	21 (of 30)
2/10	Guam GOP caucuses	4	4
2/12	Iowa caucuses	23	25	49	48
2/20	New Hampshire primary	23	16	18	20
2/24	Delaware primary	19	12	14	14
2/27	South Dakota GOP primary	19	18
	North Dakota GOP primary (vote-by-mail)	17	18 non-binding
	Arizona GOP primary	37	39 non-binding
3/1	Dem. super delegates			692	688
3/2	South Carolina GOP primary	36	37
	Wyoming GOP caucuses (1)	20	12 (of 20)
3/3	Puerto Rico GOP primary	14	14
3/5	Jr. Super Tuesday
	Colorado primary	37	27	47	49
	Georgia primary	52	42	76	76
	Maryland primary	42	32	67	68
	Vermont primary	19	12	14	15
	Maine primary	22	15	23	23
	Rhode Island primary	15	16	22	22
	Massachusetts primary	38	37	94	93
	Connecticut primary	35	27	53	53
	Minnesota caucuses	32	33	78	76
	Idaho Dem. caucuses			18	18
	American Samoa caucuses	4	4	3	3
	Washington caucuses	35	18 (of 36)	71	74
	South Carolina Dem. caucuses			43	43
3/7	New York primary (1)	100	93 (of 102)	244	244
	Missouri Dem. caucuses			77	76
3/9	Alaska Dem. caucuses			13	13
	Arizona Dem. caucuses			41	44
	South Dakota Dem. caucuses			15	15
	Missouri GOP caucuses	47	36
3/9-3/11	Democrats abroad			9	7
3/10	Nevada Dem. caucuses			17	18
	Puerto Rico Dem. primary			51	51
3/12	Super Tuesday
	Florida primary	97	98	148	152
	Louisiana primary	38	9 (of 30)	60	59
	Mississippi primary	34	33	39	38
	Oklahoma primary	34	38	45	44
	Tennessee primary	45	38	68	68
	Texas primary (Dems. have caucuses/primary)	21	123	196	194
	Hawaii Dem. caucuses			20	20
	Oregon primary (vote by mail)	23	23	47	47
3/16	Michigan Dem. caucuses			131	128
3/19	New Industrial State primary
	Illinois primary (1)	85	59 (of 69)	164	164
	Michigan primary	72	57 non-binding
	Ohio primary	83	67	151	147
	Wisconsin primary	35	36	82	79
3/23	Wyoming Dem. caucuses			13	13
3/25	Utah caucuses		2728	23	24
3/26	California primary	201	165	348	363
	Washington primary	35	18 (of 36) non-binding
	Nevada GOP primary (vote by mail)	21	14
3/29-3/31	North Dakota Dem. caucuses (state convention)			14	14
3/30	Virgin Island caucuses	4	4	3	3
4/2	Kansas primary	30	31	36	36
4/13-4/15	Virginia Dem. caucuseses			78	79
4/23	Pennsylvania primary (1)	91	66 (of 73)	169	167
5/4	Wyoming GOP caucuses (state convention)	20	8 (of 20)
	Guam Dem. caucuses			3	3
5/7	District of Columbia primary	14	14	17	17
	Indiana primary (1)	51	30 (of 52)	77	74
	North Carolina primary	57	58	84	84
5/14	Nebraska primary (1)	24	9 (of 24)	23	25
	West Virginia primary	18	18	31	30
5/21	Arkansas primary	27	20	36	36
5/28	Idaho GOP primary	22	23 non-binding
	Kentucky primary	35	26	52	51
5/31-6/1	Virginia GOP caucuses (state convention)	55	53
6/4	Alabama primary	38	40	55	54
	Montana primary	20	14	16	16
	New Jersey primary	60	48	105	104
	New Mexico primary	25	18	25	25
June fourth is considered the last major date on the 1996 calendar. The following dates are additional dates where additional delegates are chosen to complete an individual states progress.
DATE	CONTEST	Number of REPUBLICAN DELEGATES		Number of DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
		1992	1996	1992	1996
6/6-6/7	Pennsylvania GOP state convention		7
6/14	Illinois GOP state convention		10
6/17-6/18	Indiana GOP state convention		22
6/20	Dem. add-on unpledged			80	81
6/28-30	Nebraska GOP state convention		15
No date set	New York GOP state committee		9
8/12-15	Republican National Convention in San Diego, CA
8/26-29	Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois
		Number of REPUBLICAN DELEGATES		Number of DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
Total number of delegates awarded			1990		4290
Total number of delegates needed to nominate			996		2146

Notes:

There is a lawsuit pending whether the Arizona Democratic party will print a ballot on 2/27, the date of the Arizona GOP primaries. The Arizona Democrats caucuseses on 3/9.

(1) means that a state has two events listed where delegates are selected. In most cases the first event is considered the "major" event. The exception is with Louisiana Republicans and Washington Republicans whose events are of equal importance.

The Democratic National Committee might not recognize the entire Delaware delegation at its convention because Delaware is violating Democratic National Committee rules by holding the primaries less than a week after the New Hampshire primaries.

Republican National Convention
August 12-15
San Diego, California

Democratic National Convention
August 26-29
Chicago, Illinois

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