This week's question was, In how many states have filing deadlines passed for statewide and presidential candidates?

You answered: 45
The correct answer is 34.

So far this election cycle, filing deadlines for statewide and presidential candidates running in partisan primaries have passed in 34 states.

Four states have upcoming candidate filing deadlines in the next two weeks. The map and bulleted list below show which states have candidate filing deadlines scheduled between now and March 5.

• Alabama: March 5 (statewide unaffiliated candidate filing deadline).
• Nebraska: Mar. 1 (statewide non-incumbent candidate filing deadline).
• North Carolina: March 5 (statewide unaffiliated filing deadline).
• Utah: Mar. 5 (presidential unaffiliated candidate filing deadline).

February has been a busy month for candidates. The bulleted list below shows which states had candidate filing deadlines in the past two weeks.

• California: Feb. 13 (write-in candidate filing deadline).
• Connecticut (presidential primary): Feb. 9 (presidential candidate filing deadline).
• Delaware (presidential primary): Feb. 2 (presidential candidate filing deadline).
• Indiana: Feb. 9 (statewide candidate filing deadline, including presidential).
• Maryland: Feb. 9 (statewide candidate filing deadline, including presidential).
• Nebraska: Feb. 15 (statewide incumbent candidate filing deadline).
• New Mexico: Feb. 6 (incumbent filing deadline for candidates seeking pre-primary designation, including presidential).
• Pennsylvania: Feb. 13 (statewide candidate filing deadline, including presidential).
• Puerto Rico: Feb. 15 (territory-wide candidate filing deadline).

Click here for all 2024 statewide and presidential election dates and deadlines.

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