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As of February 29, 2016, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had published candidate filing deadlines for state and congressional candidates in 2016. See the tables below for additional information.[1]

For information about presidential filing deadlines, see "Important dates in the 2016 presidential race."

2016 congressional filing deadlines by state

The table below lists 2016 congressional primary dates and filing deadlines for each state.[2]

Primary dates and filing deadlines, 2016
State Filing deadline for primary candidates Primary election
Alabama 11/6/2015 3/1/2016
Alaska 6/1/2016 8/16/2016
Arizona 6/1/2016 8/30/2016
Arkansas 11/9/2015 3/1/2016
California 3/11/2016 6/7/2016
Colorado 4/4/2016 6/28/2016
Connecticut 6/7/2016 8/9/2016
Delaware 7/12/2016 9/13/2016
District of Columbia 3/16/2016 6/14/2016
Florida 6/24/2016 8/30/2016
Georgia 3/11/2016 5/24/2016
Hawaii 6/7/2016 8/13/2016
Idaho 3/11/2016 5/17/2016
Illinois 11/30/2015 3/15/2016
Indiana 2/5/2016 5/3/2016
Iowa 3/18/2016 6/7/2016
Kansas 6/1/2016 8/2/2016
Kentucky 1/26/2016 5/17/2016
Louisiana 7/22/2016 11/8/2016
Maine 3/15/2016 6/14/2016
Maryland 2/3/2016 4/26/2016
Massachusetts 6/7/2016 9/8/2016
Michigan 4/19/2016 8/2/2016
Minnesota 5/31/2016 8/9/2016
Mississippi 1/8/2016 3/8/2016
Missouri 3/29/2016 8/2/2016
Montana 3/14/2016 6/7/2016
Nebraska 2/16/2016 (incumbents); 3/1/2016 (non-incumbents) 5/10/2016
Nevada 3/18/2016 6/14/2016
New Hampshire 6/10/2016 9/13/2016
New Jersey 4/4/2016 6/7/2016
New Mexico 2/2/2016 6/7/2016
New York 4/14/2016 (major parties); 4/21/2016 (write-in); 8/2/2016 (independents); 9/9/2016 (other parties) 6/28/2016
North Carolina 2/29/2016 3/15/2016 (all non-U.S. House races); 6/7/2016 (U.S. House)
North Dakota 4/11/2016 6/14/2016
Ohio 12/16/2015 3/15/2016
Oklahoma 4/15/2016 6/28/2016
Oregon 3/8/2016 5/17/2016
Pennsylvania 2/16/2016 4/26/2016
Rhode Island 6/29/2016 9/13/2016
South Carolina 3/30/2016 6/14/2016
South Dakota 3/29/2016 6/7/2016
Tennessee 4/7/2016 8/4/2016
Texas 12/14/2015 3/1/2016
Utah 3/17/2016 6/28/2016
Vermont 5/26/2016 8/9/2016
Virginia 3/31/2016 6/14/2016
Washington 5/20/2016 8/2/2016
West Virginia 1/30/2016 5/10/2016
Wisconsin 6/1/2016 8/9/2016
Wyoming 5/27/2016 8/16/2016

2016 filing deadlines and election dates in chronological order

The table below lists all available candidate filing deadlines and election dates for the 2016 election cycle. Dates are organized chronologically. Campaign finance reporting deadlines are not included on this table.

Availability of filing deadlines by date

In the tables below, the symbols in the right-hand column indicate whether the state listed in the left-hand column had posted filing deadlines for 2016. A green check mark indicates that a state had published a complete list of candidate filing deadlines. A gray dash indicates that a state had published a partial listing of deadlines. A red cross indicates that a state had not published any deadlines. To see state-specific deadlines, click the desired state.

February 29, 2016

Candidate filing deadlines as of February 29, 2016
State Deadlines posted
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ This information was compiled from research conducted by Ballotpedia staffers.
  2. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2016 Preliminary Presidential and Congressional Primary Dates," accessed September 21, 2015
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