2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS

2026 Election Calendar: Primary & Filing Dates

Filing deadlines, primary, runoff, and general election dates for the 2028 election cycle. Check your state's specific filing deadlines and primary dates below. We will update the 2028 schedule as states and parties certify their election calendar and presidential primary dates during 2027.

Countdown to PRESIDENTIAl Election Day ... Tuesday, November 7, 2028

Election Events

November 2026
November 3
NATIONWIDE GENERAL ELECTION
November 17
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - Gubernatorial Runoff
December 2026
December 1
GEORGIA - General Election Runoff (if needed)
December 12
LOUISIANA - Congressional General Election Runoff (if needed)
January 2027
January 3
CONGRESS - New Congress is seated
January 8
KENTUCKY - Filing Deadline (Primary)
May 2027
May 18
KENTUCKY - Primary Election
June 2027
June 8
KENTUCKY - Filing Deadline (Third Party & Independent Candidates)
August 2027
August 3
MISSISSIPPI - Primary Election
August 23
KENTUCKY - Filing Deadline (Write-Ins)
August 31
MISSISSIPPI - Primary Election Run-Off (if needed)
November 2027
November 2
OFF-YEAR GENERAL ELECTION DAY - Gubernatorial races in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi, the US Senate special election in Minnesota, plus local races in some other states
January 2028
January 22
SOUTH CAROLINA - DEM Presidential Primary
February 2028
Febuary 1
NEVADA - DEM Presidential Primary.
Febuary 8
NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEM Presidential Primary
Febuary 15
NEW MEXICO - DEM Presidential Primary
Febuary 22
MICHIGAN - DEM Presidential Primary
Febuary 29
VIRGINIA - DEM Presidential Primary
March 2028
March 25
LOUISIANA - Presidential Primary
July 2028
July 28
LOUISIANA - Filing Deadline
2028 Presidential Primary Calendar
TBA
PRESIDENTIAL RACE - Official 2028 presidential primary dates will be finalized following the 2026 Midterm Elections. We will update the full 2028 schedule as states and parties certify their dates in late 2026 and 2027
November 2028
November 7
NATIONWIDE GENERAL ELECTION