Primary elections determine which candidates will represent their political parties in the November 3, 2026 General Election. Across the country, voters will select nominees for offices that may include the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, state legislature, and other statewide positions. Some states also hold runoff elections when no candidate receives the required level of support in the primary.
March 3, 2026
- Arkansas – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- North Carolina – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Texas – Democratic and Republican Primaries
March 10, 2026
- Mississippi – Democratic and Republican Primaries
March 17, 2026
- Illinois – Democratic and Republican Primaries
March 31, 2026
- Arkansas – Primary Runoff Elections
April 7, 2026
- Mississippi – Primary Runoff Elections
May 5, 2026
- Indiana – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Ohio – Democratic and Republican Primaries
May 12, 2026
- Nebraska – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- North Carolina – Primary Runoff Elections
- West Virginia – Democratic and Republican Primaries
May 16, 2026
- Louisiana – Congressional Primaries
May 19, 2026
- Alabama – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Georgia – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Idaho – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Kentucky – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Oregon – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Pennsylvania – Democratic and Republican Primaries
May 26, 2026
- Texas – Primary Runoff Elections
June 2, 2026
- California – Top Two Primary
- Iowa – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Montana – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- New Jersey – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- New Mexico – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- South Dakota – Democratic and Republican Primaries
June 9, 2026
- Maine – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Nevada – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- North Dakota – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- South Carolina – Democratic and Republican Primaries
June 16, 2026
- Alabama – Primary Runoff Elections
- District of Columbia – Primary Elections
- Georgia – Primary Runoff Elections
- Oklahoma – Democratic and Republican Primaries
June 23, 2026
- Maryland – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- New York – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- South Carolina – Primary Runoff Elections
- Utah – Democratic and Republican Primaries
June 27, 2026
- Louisiana – Congressional Runoff Elections
June 30, 2026
- Colorado – Democratic and Republican Primaries
July 21, 2026
- Arizona – Democratic and Republican Primaries
July 28, 2026
- South Dakota – Primary Runoff Elections
August 4, 2026
- Kansas – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Michigan – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Missouri – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Virginia – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Washington – Top Two Primary
August 6, 2026
- Tennessee – Democratic and Republican Primaries
August 8, 2026
- Hawaii – Democratic and Republican Primaries
August 11, 2026
- Connecticut – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Minnesota – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Vermont – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Wisconsin – Democratic and Republican Primaries
August 18, 2026
- Alaska – Top Four Primary
- Florida – Democratic and Republican Primaries
- Wyoming – Democratic and Republican Primaries
August 25, 2026
- Oklahoma – Primary Runoff Elections
September 1, 2026
- Massachusetts – Democratic and Republican Primaries
September 8, 2026
- New Hampshire – Democratic and Republican Primaries
September 9, 2026
- Rhode Island – Democratic and Republican Primaries
September 15, 2026
- Delaware – Democratic and Republican Primaries
November 3, 2026
- General Election Day
December 1, 2026
- Georgia – General Election Runoff (if required)