STATE Alabama Alaska

PRIMARY TYPE SEMI-CLOSED SPLIT

NOTES Supplementary runoff April 24 Democratic Party primaries are OPEN, while Republican Party primaries are SEMI-CLOSED, with only Republican voters and non-party voters permitted to vote.

President March 13 March 6 (R) April 15 (D) Feb 28 May 22 June 5

Congress March 13 Aug 28

Arizona Arkansas California Colorado

SEMI-CLOSED OPEN TOP TWO DE FACTO OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED OPEN OPEN Voters may change party affiliation on election day at polling place.

Aug 28 May 22 June 5 June 26

Feb 7 (R) Mar 6 (D) April 24 April 24 April 3 Jan 31 March 6 March 7 (D) March 13 (R)

Connecticut Delaware DC Florida Georgia Hawaii

Aug 14 Sept 11 April 3 Aug 14 July 31 Aug 11

Idaho

CLOSED

Republicans are closed, Democrats are semi-closed.

Mar 6 (R) April 14 (D)

May 15

Illinois

OPEN

Voters must make non-binding verbal declaration of party preference on election day in order to participate

March 20

March 20

Indiana Iowa

OPEN DE FACTO OPEN Voters may change party affiliation on election day

May 8 Jan 3

May 8 June 5

Kansas

SPLIT

Republican primaries are closed, Democratic primaries are semi-closed - non-partisan voters can register as Democrats on election day

March 10 (R) April 14 (D) May 22

Aug 7

Kentucky Louisiana

CLOSED TOP TWO Louisianas Top Two primary is held in November, with an automatic runoff in December Non-partisan voters may choose binding affiliation on election day Must change registered party 12 weeks prior

May 22 Nov 6

Mar 24

Maine

CLOSED

Pending

June 12

Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska

CLOSED SEMI-CLOSED OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSED

April 3 Mar 6 Feb 28 Feb 7 March 13 Feb 7 June 5

April 3 Sep 18 Aug 7 Aug 14 March 13 Aug 7 June 5 May 15

Non-partisan voters may choose binding affiliation on election day, but party-affiliated voters much change affiliation prior to election day. Top Two plan for non-partisan positions.

April 14 (D) May 15 (R)

Nevada New Hampshire

CLOSED CLOSED Non-partisan voters may choose binding affiliation on election day. The last day to change party affiliation for primary election is October 14.

Jan 21 (D) Feb 4 (R) January 10

June 12 Sep 11

New Jersey

CLOSED

Non-partisan voters may choose binding affiliation on

June 5

June 5

election day New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio CLOSED CLOSED SEMI-CLOSED OPEN OPEN June 5 April 24 May 8 Pending June 12 June 5 Sep 11 May 8 June 12 March 6 (Senate), June 12 (House) June 26

Oklahoma

CLOSED

Each party is empowered to permit independents to vote in its primary, but permission is not often granted

March 6

Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island

CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Non-partisan voters may choose binding affiliation on election day

May 15 April 24 April 24

May 15 April 24 Sep 11

South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah

OPEN CLOSED OPEN OPEN SPLIT Republican party primary is CLOSED, Democratic party primary is OPEN. Non-partisan voters may choose binding affiliation on election day.

Jan 21 (R) Feb 28 (D) June 5 March 6 March 6 June 26

June 12 June 5 Aug 2 March 6 June 26

Vermont Virginia

OPEN OPEN Parties may choose to nominate by convention rather than by primary election

March 6 March 6

Aug 28 June 12

Washington

TOP TWO

Mar 3 (R)

Aug 7