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State and federal candidate filing deadlines for 2018
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Filing deadlines can vary between states and within each state based on either the type of office or type of filing.[1]
2018 congressional filing deadlines
The table below lists congressional filing deadlines and primary dates in each state for Democratic Party and Republican Party candidates.[1]
| Primary dates and filing deadlines, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | Filing deadline for primary candidates | Primary election |
| Illinois | 12/4/2017 | 3/20/2018 |
| Texas | 12/11/2017 | 3/6/2018 |
| West Virginia | 1/27/2018 | 5/8/2018 |
| Kentucky | 1/30/2018 | 5/22/2018 |
| Ohio | 2/7/2018 | 5/8/2018 |
| Indiana | 2/9/2018 | 5/8/2018 |
| Alabama | 2/9/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| Maryland | 2/27/2018 | 6/26/2018 |
| North Carolina | 2/28/2018 | 5/8/2018 |
| Nebraska | 3/1/2018 | 5/15/2018 |
| Arkansas | 3/1/2018 | 5/22/2018 |
| Mississippi | 3/1/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| Oregon | 3/6/2018 | 5/15/2018 |
| Pennsylvania | 3/20/2018 | 5/15/2018 |
| Idaho | 3/9/2018 | 5/15/2018 |
| Georgia | 3/9/2018 | 5/22/2018 |
| California | 3/9/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| Montana | 3/12/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| New Mexico | 3/13/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| Maine | 3/15/2018 | 6/12/2018 |
| Utah | 3/15/2018 | 6/26/2018 |
| Iowa | 3/16/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| Nevada | 3/16/2018 | 6/12/2018 |
| Colorado | 3/20/2018 | 6/26/2018 |
| Washington, D.C. | 3/21/2018 | 6/19/2018 |
| South Dakota | 3/27/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| Missouri | 3/27/2018 | 8/7/2018 |
| Virginia | 3/29/2018 | 6/12/2018 |
| South Carolina | 3/30/2018 | 6/12/2018 |
| New Jersey | 4/2/2018 | 6/5/2018 |
| Tennessee | 4/5/2018 | 8/2/2018 |
| North Dakota | 4/9/2018 | 6/12/2018 |
| New York | 4/12/2018 | 6/26/2018 |
| Oklahoma | 4/13/2018 | 6/26/2018 |
| Michigan | 4/24/2018 | 8/7/2018 |
| Florida | 5/4/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Washington | 5/18/2018 | 8/7/2018 |
| Arizona | 5/30/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Vermont | 5/31/2018 | 8/14/2018 |
| Kansas | 6/1/2018 | 8/7/2018 |
| Wisconsin | 6/1/2018 | 8/14/2018 |
| Alaska | 6/1/2018 | 8/21/2018 |
| Wyoming | 6/1/2018 | 8/21/2018 |
| Hawaii | 6/5/2018 | 8/11/2018 |
| Minnesota | 6/5/2018 | 8/14/2018 |
| Massachusetts | 6/5/2018 | 9/4/2018 |
| Connecticut | 6/12/2018 | 8/14/2018 |
| New Hampshire | 6/15/2018 | 9/11/2018 |
| Rhode Island | 6/27/2018 | 9/12/2018 |
| Delaware | 7/10/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Louisiana | 7/20/2018 | 11/6/2018 |
2018 state filing deadlines
The table below lists state filing deadlines and primary dates in each state for Democratic Party and Republican Party candidates.
| 2018 Election Dates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Filing deadline | Primary | ||||
| Alabama | February 9 | June 5 | ||||
| Alaska | June 1 | August 21 | ||||
| Arizona | May 30 | August 28 | ||||
| Arkansas | March 1 | May 22 | ||||
| California | March 9 | June 5 | ||||
| Colorado | March 20 | June 26 | ||||
| Connecticut | June 12 | August 14 | ||||
| Delaware | July 10 | September 6 | ||||
| Florida | June 22 | August 28 | ||||
| Georgia | March 9 | May 22 | ||||
| Hawaii | June 5 | August 11 | ||||
| Idaho | March 9 | May 15 | ||||
| Illinois | December 4 | March 20 | ||||
| Indiana | February 9 | May 8 | ||||
| Iowa | March 16 | June 5 | ||||
| Kansas | June 1 | August 7 | ||||
| Kentucky | January 30 | May 22 | ||||
| Louisiana | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Maine | March 15 | June 12 | ||||
| Maryland | February 27 | June 26 | ||||
| Massachusetts | June 5 | September 4 | ||||
| Michigan | April 24 | August 7 | ||||
| Minnesota | June 5 | August 14 | ||||
| Mississippi | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Missouri | March 27 | August 7 | ||||
| Montana | March 12 | June 5 | ||||
| Nebraska | March 1 | May 15 | ||||
| Nevada | March 16 | June 12 | ||||
| New Hampshire | June 15 | September 11 | ||||
| New Jersey | N/A | N/A | ||||
| New Mexico | March 13 | June 5 | ||||
| New York | July 12 | September 13 | ||||
| North Carolina | February 28 | May 8 | ||||
| North Dakota | April 9 | June 12 | ||||
| Ohio | February 7 | May 8 | ||||
| Oklahoma | April 13 | June 26 | ||||
| Oregon | March 6 | May 15 | ||||
| Pennsylvania | March 6 | May 15 | ||||
| Rhode Island | June 27 | September 12 | ||||
| South Carolina | March 30 | June 12 | ||||
| South Dakota | March 27 | June 5 | ||||
| Tennessee | April 5 | August 2 | ||||
| Texas | December 11 | March 6 | ||||
| Utah | March 15 | June 26 | ||||
| Vermont | May 31 | August 14 | ||||
| Virginia | N/A | N/A | ||||
| Washington | May 18 | August 7 | ||||
| West Virginia | January 27 | May 8 | ||||
| Wisconsin | June 1 | August 14 | ||||
| Wyoming | June 1 | August 21 | ||||
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