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In order to get on the ballot, a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of complex, state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot. A presidential candidate must prepare to meet ballot access requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.

In 27 states, a candidate is either allowed or not explicitly prohibited from running for both president and for Congress simultaneously. In 23 states, a candidate is expressly barred from running for more than one office.

For more information on presidential ballot access requirements, see this article. For information on laws that bar candidates who sought, but failed, to secure the nomination of a political party from running as independents or as nominees for another party in the general election, click here.

State laws governing simultaneous congressional and presidential candidacies




States that permit simultaneous congressional and presidential candidacies
StateAllows simultaneous runs?Statute
AlabamaNoAL Code § 17-6-33
AlaskaNoAK Stat § 15.25.030
ArizonaYesA.R.S. § 38-296.01(B)
ArkansasYesArk. Code Ann. 7-8-303(b)
CaliforniaNoELEC § 8003
ColoradoNoCO Rev Stat § 1-4-50
ConnecticutYesCT Gen Stat § 2-5[1]
DelawareYes15 DE Code § 4108[1]
FloridaYesFL Stat § 99.012(7)-(8)
GeorgiaYesGA Code § 21-2-136[1]
HawaiiYesHI Rev Stat § 12-3
IdahoYesID Code § 34-903
IllinoisNo10 ILCS 5/10-7
IndianaYesIN Code § 3-8-7-19
IowaNoIA Code § 49.41
KansasYesKS Stat § 25-123
KentuckyNoKY Rev Stat § 118.405
LouisianaNoLA Rev Stat § 18:453
MaineNo21-A ME Rev Stat § 331
MarylandNoMD Election Law Code § 5-204
MassachusettsYesMA Gen L ch 54 § 41
MichiganNoMI Comp L § 168.558
MinnesotaNoMN Stat § 204B.04
MississippiNoMS Code § 23-15-905
MissouriNoMO Rev Stat § 115.351
MontanaNoMT Code § 13-10-201
NebraskaYesNE Code § 32-104
NevadaNoNV Rev Stat § 281.055
New HampshireYesNH Rev Stat § 655:10 and NH Rev Stat § 655:14-b[1]
New JerseyYesNJ Rev Stat § 19:3-5.1
New MexicoNoNM Stat § 1-8-20
New YorkYesELN § 6-122[1]
North CarolinaNoNC Gen Stat § 163-106.6
North DakotaNo16.1-11-05.1 and 16.1-12-03
OhioYesOH Rev Code § 3513.052[1]
OklahomaNo26 OK Stat § 5-106
OregonNoOR Rev Stat § 249.013
PennsylvaniaYesPennsylvania Statutes Title 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral Districts § 2911
Rhode IslandYesRI Gen L § 17-14-2[1]
South CarolinaYesArticle 6, Section 3
South DakotaYesSD Codified L § 12-6-3
TennesseeYesTN Code § 2-5-101[1]
TexasYesTX Elec Code § 141.001
UtahNoUT Code § 20A-9-201
VermontYes17 VT Stats § 2353[1]
VirginiaYesVA Code § 24.2-504
WashingtonNoWA Rev Code § 29A.36.201
West VirginiaYesWV Code § 3-5-7(h)
WisconsinYesWI Stat § 8.03
WyomingYesWY Stat § 22-6-121

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Not expressly prohibited.
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