Primary Calendar 2026
The 2026 primary season kicks off on March 3 in Texas and North Carolina with the Texas and North Carolina Senate races as the marquee battles. It runs through Sept. 15 in Delaware.
Control of Congress is at stake in this year’s midterm elections, where Democrats are trying to wrest the House and Senate majorities from Republicans.
Primary Elections
★ Key race
MARCH
APRIL
16
NEW JERSEY
MAY
12
NEBRASKA
Senate | House ★ | Governor
WEST VIRGINIA
Senate | House
16
LOUISIANA
Senate ★ | House
19
ALABAMA
Senate | House | Governor
GEORGIA
Senate ★ | House | Governor ★
IDAHO
Senate | House | Governor
KENTUCKY
Senate ★ | House ★
OREGON
Senate | House | Governor
PENNSYLVANIA
House ★ | Governor
JUNE
02
CALIFORNIA
House ★ | Governor ★
IOWA
Senate ★ | House | Governor
MONTANA
Senate | House
NEW JERSEY
Senate | House
NEW MEXICO
Senate | House | Governor
SOUTH DAKOTA
Senate | House | Governor
09
MAINE
Senate | House ★ | Governor
NORTH DAKOTA
House
NEVADA
House | Governor ★
SOUTH CAROLINA
Senate | House | Governor ★
16
OKLAHOMA
Senate | House | Governor
VIRGINIA
Senate | House ★
23
MARYLAND
House | Governor
NEW YORK
House ★ | Governor
UTAH
House
30
COLORADO
Senate | House | Governor
AUGUST
04
ARIZONA
House | Governor ★
KANSAS
Senate | House | Governor ★
MICHIGAN
Senate ★ | House | Governor ★
MISSOURI
House
WASHINGTON
House
06
TENNESSEE
Senate | House ★ | Governor
08
HAWAII
House | Governor
11
CONNECTICUT
House ★ | Governor
MINNESOTA
Senate ★ | House | Governor ★
VERMONT
House | Governor
WISCONSIN
House | Governor ★
18
ALASKA
Senate ★ | House | Governor
FLORIDA
House | Governor ★
WYOMING
Senate | House | Governor
SEPTEMBER
01
MASSACHUSETTS
Senate ★ | House ★ | Governor
08
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senate ★ | House | Governor
RHODE ISLAND
Senate | House | Governor
15
DELAWARE
Senate | House