January ‘15February ‘15March ‘15 April ‘15 May ‘15 June ‘15 July ‘15 August ‘15 September ‘15 October ‘15 November ‘15 December ‘15 Primary Debates Starting to Be Scheduled in 2015 Source: National Journal Research, 2015; Justin Peligri, “Too Soon? Date Set for GOP presidential primary debate,” CNN, October 31, 2014; Josh Putnam, FrontloadingHQ, “The 2016 Presidential Primary Calendar,” 2015; Politico, “2016 Presidential Debate Schedule: Dates, Times, Moderators and Topics,” August 2, Jan. 31: FEC quarterly filing deadline Apr. 15: FEC quarterly filing deadline July 15: FEC Filing Deadline Aug. 6: Fox News GOP Primary Debate Sept. 16: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library GOP Debate Oct. 13: CNN Democratic Primary Debate Oct. 15: FEC Filing Deadline Oct. 28: CNBC GOP Primary Debate Nov. 14: CBS/KCCI and the Des Moines Register Democratic Primary Debate Dec. 15: CNN/Salem GOP Primary Debate Dec. 19: ABC/WMUR Democratic Primary Debate FEC Filing DeadlineDebate
January ‘16February ‘16March ‘16 April ‘16 May ‘16 June ‘16 July ‘16 August ‘16 September ‘16 October ‘16 November ‘16 December ‘ Election Dates, Conventions Starting to Be Finalized Presidential Election DateFEC Filing DeadlineConventionDebate Jan. 17: NBC/Congressional Black Caucus Institute Democratic Primary Debate Jan. 18: IA Caucus Jan. 26: NH Primary Jan. 31: FEC Filing Deadline Feb. 2: CO Caucus Feb. 6: ABC News GOP Primary Debate Feb. 13: NV Dem. Caucus, CBS News GOP Primary Debate Feb. 20: SC GOP Primary Feb. 23: NC Primary, NV GOP Caucus Feb. 26: NBC/Telemundo & Nat’l Review GOP Primary Debate Feb. 27: SC Dem. Primary Mar. I: Caucuses (CO Dem., MN, WY GOP Caucus) Primaries (AL, AR, GA, MA, OK, TN, TX, VT, VA) Mar. 5: LA Primary, KS Caucus, NE Dem. Caucus, KY GOP Caucus Mar. 6: ME Dem. Caucus Mar. 8: Primaries (MI, MS, ID Rep.) HI GOP Caucus Mar. 10: CNN/Salem Republican Primary Debate Mar. 13: PR Primary Mar. 15: Primaries (IL, MO, FL, OH) Mar. 22: AZ Primaries, Caucuses (ID Dem., UT Dem., UT Rep.) Mar. 26: Dem. Caucuses (AK, HI, WA) Apr. 5: WI Primary Apr. 9: WY Dem. Caucus Apr. 15: FEC Filing Deadline Apr. 19: NY Primary Apr. 26: Primaries (CT, DE, PA, MD, RI) May 3: IN Primary May 10: Primaries (NE, WV) May 17: Primaries (KY Dem., OR) May 24: WA Primary June 7: Primaries (CA, MT, NJ, NM, SD), ND Dem. Caucus June 14: DC Primary June 28: UT Primary July 15: FEC Filing Deadline July 18-21: Republican Nat’l Convention (Cleveland, OH) July 25-28: Democratic Nat’l Convention (Philadelphia, PA) Oct. 15: FEC Filing Deadline Nov. 8: Election day Source: National Journal Research, 2015; Justin Peligri, “Too Soon? Date Set for GOP presidential primary debate,” CNN, October 31, 2014; Josh Putnam, FrontloadingHQ, “The 2016 Presidential Primary Calendar,” 2015; Politico, “2016 Presidential Debate Schedule: Dates, Times, Moderators and Topics,” August 2, 2015.