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Note: The signature-filing deadline is the date by which candidates must file nominating signatures with election officials in order to have their name placed on the ballot.

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State	Nominating Signature Deadline	Primary	Primary runoff
Alabama	April 2	June 1	July 13
Alaska	June 1	August 24	N/A
Arizona	May 26	August 24	N/A
Arkansas	March 8	May 18	June 8
California !	February 25	June 8	N/A
Colorado	May 27	August 10	N/A
Connecticut	June 8 for Major Parties August 4, others	August 10	N/A
Delaware ‡	May nominating conventions () July 13 () !!	September 14	N/A
Florida	April 30 for federal candidates (), June 18th all others.	August 24	N/A
Georgia	June 21	July 20	August 10
Hawaii	July 20	September 18	N/A
Idaho	March 19	May 25	N/A
Illinois	November 2, 2009-Party Candidates , June 21st-Independents	February 2	N/A
Indiana + ++ +++	February 19th-GOP and Democrats (), June 30th-Independents/other candidates	May 4	N/A
Iowa	March 19	June 8	N/A
Kansas	June 10-Partisan Candidates (), August 2-Independents	August 3	N/A
Kentucky	January 26	May 18	N/A
Louisiana	July 9th !!!	August 28	October 28-Party Candidates
Maine	March 15 at 5 PM-ET for Party Candidates (), Others June 1 ()	June 8	N/A
Maryland	July 6	September 14	N/A
Massachusetts	May 4-Partisan , August 3-Independents[1]	September 14	N/A
Michigan	May 11	August 3	N/A
Minnesota	June 1st by 5:00 PM-CDT!!	August 10	N/A
Mississippi	March 1-Federal Candidates (), April 12-State Candidates ()	June 1	June 22
Missouri	March 30	August 3	N/A
Montana	March 15	June 8	N/A
Nebraska	February 15	May 11	N/A
Nevada	January 15-Judicial Candidates (), March 12-Non Judicial ()	June 8	N/A
New Hampshire	June 11	September 14	N/A
New Jersey	April 5	June 8	N/A
New Mexico	February 9-Statewide[2] () and US Congress, March 16-All other candidates[3] ()	June 1	N/A
New York	July 15 (party candidates) , July 22 (no party endorsement) , August 17 (Independents)[4].	September 14	N/A
North Carolina	February 26	May 4	June 22
North Dakota	March 8	June 8	N/A
Ohio	February 18-Partisan (), May 3, Independents ()	May 4	N/A
Oklahoma	June 9	July 27	August 24
Oregon	March 9-Partisan (), August 24-Independents	May 18	N/A
Pennsylvania	March 9	May 18	N/A
Rhode Island	May 28	September 14	N/A
South Carolina	March 30	June 8	June 22
South Dakota	March 30	June 8	June 29
Tennessee	April 1	August 5	N/A
Texas	January 4	March 2	April 13
Utah	March 19	June 22	N/A
Vermont	June 17 !!	August 24	N/A
Virginia	April 9	June 8	N/A
Washington	June 11	August 17	N/A
West Virginia	January 30	May 11	N/A
Wisconsin	July 13	September 14	N/A
Wyoming	May 28th-Partisan Candidates (), August 23 - Independents	August 17	N/A

^‡ Denotes states using a nominating convention to choose candidates.

⁺ The February 19th Deadline in Indiana is for US Congress, US Senate, and State House of Representatives. Indiana Law mandates that all statewide officers regardless of party are nominated via a statewide convention^[5]. All Libertarian Party candidates are nominated by a statewide convention with the deadline set for July 15th, 2010^{[5] [6]}.

⁺⁺ All Democrat and Republican contenders for US House of Representatives, State Senate, and State House of Representatives are not required to file nominating petitions^[7].

⁺⁺⁺ The January 19th signature deadline is the final statewide certification deadline for U.S. Senate candidates. All US Senate candidates must have their petitions certified by the county election offices by 12:00 PM-EDT by January 16, 2010^{[8] [9] [10]}.

^! In lieu of a filing fee mandated by California law^[11].

^!! State that changed its nominating deadline or primary election date in order to be compliance with the Miliary and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act ^{[12] [13] [14]}

^!!!-Changed on an act of the state legislature in 2009-2010 ^[15].

External links

• Primary election dates in 2010
• National Association of Secretaries of State Primary Elections Table

References

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