2012

January 14: Taiwan Presidential Election

January 23: Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon)

January 24: President Obama’s State of the Union Address to Congress

January 25-29: World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

February: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits US

March 4: Russian presidential election

April 15: 100th anniversary of birth of Kim Il Sung (100 Juche)

April 22: French Elections (first round)

May 6: French Elections (run-off, if necessary)

May 15-22: G-8 Summit, Chicago

June 18-19: G-20 Summit, Los Cabos, Mexico

June 28-29: EU Summit, Brussels

July 1: Mexican presidential election

July: Russia to join WTO

September 1-8: APEC Summit, Russky Island, Russia

October 12-14: Annual meeting of IMF and World Bank, Tokyo

October 18-19: EU Summit, Brussels

October: Chinese Communist Party’s 18th National Congress to decide on new leadership

November 6: US national election

December 13-14: EU Summit, Brussels

December 19: South Korean election

2012 Primary Schedule

Full Primary/Caucus Calendar

January 3, 2012

Iowa (caucus)

January 10, 2012

New Hampshire (primary)

January 21, 2012

South Carolina (primary)

January 31, 2012

Florida (primary)

February 4, 2012

Nevada (caucus)

February 4–11, 2012

Maine (caucus)

February 7, 2012

Colorado (caucus)
Minnesota (caucus)
Missouri (primary) – *See note below on Missouri

February 28, 2012

Arizona (primary)
Michigan (primary)

March 3, 2012

Washington (caucus)

March 6, 2012
(Super Tuesday)Alaska (caucus)
Georgia (primary)
Idaho (caucus)
Massachusetts (primary)
North Dakota (caucus)
Ohio (primary)
Oklahoma (primary)
Tennessee (primary)
Vermont (primary)
Virginia (primary)

March 6-10, 2012

Wyoming (caucus)

March 10, 2012

Kansas (caucus)
U.S. Virgin Islands (caucus)

March 13, 2012

Alabama (primary)
Hawaii (caucus)
Mississippi (primary)

March 17, 2012

Missouri (GOP caucus) – *See note below on Missouri

March 20, 2012

Illinois (primary)

March 24, 2012

Louisiana (primary)

April 3, 2012

District of Columbia (primary)
Maryland (primary)
Wisconsin (primary)
Texas (primary)

April 24, 2012

Connecticut (primary)
Delaware (primary)
New York (primary)
Pennsylvania (primary)
Rhode Island (primary)

May 8, 2012

Indiana (primary)
North Carolina (primary)
West Virginia (primary)

May 15, 2012

Nebraska (primary)
Oregon (primary)

May 22, 2012

Arkansas (primary)
Kentucky (primary)

June 5, 2012

California (primary)
Montana (primary)
New Jersey (primary)
New Mexico (primary)
South Dakota (primary)

June 26, 2012

Utah (primary)