Democratic Party primaries, 2026

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2026 Democratic Party primary elections
Battleground primaries
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Federal primaries
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State primaries
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Primaries by state
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Ballotpedia is covering every Democratic Party state and federal primary in 2026 to highlight the intraparty conflicts that are shaping the party and the general election. This page is an overview of those primaries, with links to Ballotpedia's coverage of all Democratic U.S. Senate, U.S. House,  and state-level primaries.

Click here to read about Republican Party primaries in 2026.

Federal primaries

See also: United States Congress elections, 2026 

All 435 U.S. House seats and 33 U.S. Senate seats are up for regular election on November 3, 2026. Special elections may also be held. 

Ballotpedia's coverage of Democratic federal election primaries in 2026 is linked below:

• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
• United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026

State primaries

See also: State executive official elections, 2026 and State legislative elections, 2026

Ballotpedia's coverage of Democratic state legislative and executive primaries in 2026 is linked below: 

• State legislative Democratic primaries, 2026
• Democratic Party gubernatorial primaries, 2026
• Democratic Party Attorney General primaries, 2026
• Democratic Party Secretary of State primaries, 2026

Primaries by state

All 50 states are holding primaries for state or federal offices in 2026.

See also

• Republican Party primaries, 2026
• Democratic Party primaries, 2024
• Ballotpedia: Our approach to covering primary elections

Footnotes

Election information

Resources

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Elections
by state

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2026 elections

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2025 elections

U.S. Congress special elections • State executives • State legislature • Statewide ballot measures • State judicial • Municipal government • Mayors • School boards • Local judicial • Local ballot measures • Recall

2024 elections

U.S. President • U.S. Congress • U.S. Congress special elections • State executives • State legislature • Statewide ballot measures • State judicial • Municipal government • Mayors • School boards • Local judicial • Local ballot measures • Recall

2023 elections

U.S. Congress special elections • State executives • State legislature • Statewide ballot measures • State judicial • Municipal government • Mayors • School boards • Local judicial • Local ballot measures • Recall

2022 elections

U.S. Congress • State executives • State legislature • Statewide ballot measures • State judicial • Municipal government • Mayors • School boards • Local judicial • Local ballot measures • Recall

2021 elections

U.S. Congress special elections • State executives • State legislature • Statewide ballot measures • State judicial • Municipal government • Mayors • School boards • Local judicial • Local ballot measures • Recall

How to vote
in each state

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