Political Calendar 2018

2018 will be a busy political year.  Bolded states have gubernatorial and senate elections in 2018.  Italicized states have only senate elections in 2018.  Underlined states have only gubernatorial elections in 2018.  All other states do not have statewide elections in 2018.  After a state's primaries and runoffs are completed, the major party candidates for each statewide office will be filled in.  The general election winners will be announced on November 6.     


February

27....AZ-8 Special Election Primary
Winners: Hiral Tiperneni (D) & Debbie Lesko (R)

March 
6...Texas Primary
Sen. Candidates: Beto O'Rourke (D) & Ted Cruz (R)
Gov. Candidates: TBD (D) & Greg Abbott (R)
13...PA-18 Special Election
Winner: Conor Lamb (D)
20...Illinois Primary
Gov. Candidates: J.B. Pritzker (D) & Bruce Rauner (R)

April

24...AZ-8 Special Election
Winner: Debbie Lesko (R)

May

8...Indiana Primary
Sen. Candidates: Joe Donnelly (D) & Mike Braun (R)
8...North Carolina Primary
8...Ohio Primary
Sen.  Candidates: Sherrod Brown (D) & Jim Renacci (R)
Gov. Candidates: Richard Cordray (D) & Mike Dewine (R)
8...West Virginia Primary
Sen. Candidates: Joe Manchin (D) & Patrick Morrisey (R)
15...Idaho Primary
Gov. Candidates: Paulette Jordan (D) & Brad Little (R)
15...Nebraska Primary
Sen. Candidates: Jane Raybould (D) & Deb Fischer (R)
Gov. Candidates: Bob Krist (D) & Pete Ricketts (R)
15...Oregon Primary
Gov. Candidates: Kate Brown (D) & Knute Buehler (R)
15...Pennsylvania Primary
Sen. Candidates: Bob Casey (D) & Lou Barletta (R)
Gov. Candidates: Tom Wolf (D) & Scott Wagner (R)
22...Arkansas Primary
Gov. Candidates: Jared Henderson (D) & Asa Hutchinson (R)
22...Georgia Primary
Gov. Candidates: Stacey Abrams (D) & TBD (R)
22...Kentucky Primary
22...Texas Primary Runoff
Winner: Lupe Valdez (D)

June

5...Alabama Primary
Gov. Candidates: Walt Maddox (D) & Kay Ivey (R)
5...California Primary
Gov. Candidates: Gavin Newsom (D) & John Cox (R)
5...Iowa Primary
Gov. Candidates: Fred Hubbell (D) & Kim Reynolds (R)
5...Mississippi Primary
Sen. Candidates: TBD (D) & Roger Wicker (R)
5...Montana Primary
Sen. Candidates: Jon Tester (D) & Matt Rosendale (R)
5...New Jersey Primary
Sen. Candidates: Bob Menendez (D) & Bob Hugin (R)
5...New Mexico Primary
Gov. Candidates: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) & Steve Pearce (R)
Sen. Candidates: Martin Heinrich (D) & Mick Rich (R)
5...South Dakota Primary
Gov. Candidates: Billie Sutton (D) & Kristi Noem (R)
12...Maine Primary
Sen. Candidates: Zak Ringelstein (D), Angus King (I) & Eric Brakey (R)
12...Nevada Primary
Gov. Candidates: Steve Sisolak (D) & Adam Laxalt (R)
Sen. Candidates: Jacky Rosen (D) & Dean Heller (R)
12...North Dakota Primary
Sen. Candidates: Heidi Heitkamp (D) & Kevin Cramer (R)
12...South Carolina Primary
Gov. Candidates: James Smith (D) & TBD (R)
12...Virginia Primary
Sen. Candidates: Tim Kaine (D) & Corey Stewart (R)
19...Arkansas Primary Runoff
26...Colorado Primary
Gov. Candidates: Jared Polis (D) & Walker Stapleton (R)
26...Maryland Primary
Gov. Candidates: Ben Jealous (D) & Larry Hogan (R)
Sen. Candidates: Ben Cardin (D) & Tony Campbell (R)
26...Mississippi Primary Runoff
Sen. Candidate: David Baria (D)
26...New York Primary
Sen. Candidates: Kirsten Gillibrand (D) & Chele Chiavacci Farley (R)
26...Oklahoma Primary
Gov. Candidates: Drew Edmonson (D) & TBD (R)
26...South Carolina Primary Runoff
Gov. Candidate: Henry McMaster (R)
26...Utah Primary
Sen. Candidates: Jenny Wilson (D) & Mitt Romney (R)
30...TX-27 Special Election
Winner: Michael Cloud (R)

July

17...Alabama Primary Runoff
17...North Carolina Primary Runoff
24...Georgia Primary Runoff
Gov. Winner: Brian Kemp (R)

August

2...Tennessee Primary
Gov. Candidates: Karl Dean (D) & Bill Lee (R)
Sen. Candidates: Phil Bredesen (D) & Marsha Blackburn (R)
7...Kansas Primary
Gov. Candidates: Laura Kelly (D) & Kris Kobach (R)
7...Michigan Primary
Gov. Candidates: Gretchen Whitmer (D) & Bill Schuette (R)
Sen. Candidates: Debbie Stabenow (D) & John James (R)
7...Missouri Primary
Sen. Candidates: Claire McCaskill (D) & Josh Hawley (R)
7...OH-12 Special Election
Winner: Troy Balderson (R)
7...Washington Primary
Sen. Candidates: Maria Cantwell (D) & Susan Hutchison (R)
11...Hawaii Primary
Gov. Candidates: David Ige (D) & Andria Tupola (R)
Sen. Candidates: Mazie Hirono (D) & Ron Curtis (R)
14...Connecticut Primary
Gov. Candidates: Ned Lamont (D) & Bob Stefanowski (R)
Sen. Candidates: Chris Murphy (D) & Matthew Corey (R)
14...Minnesota Primary
Gov. Candidates: Tim Walz (D) & Jeff Johnson (R)
Sen. Candidates: Amy Klobuchar (D) & Jim Newberger (R)
Sen. Special Candidates: Tina Smith (D) & Karin Housley (R)
14...South Dakota Primary Runoff
14...Vermont Primary
Gov. Candidates: Christine Hallquist (D) & Phil Scott (R)
Sen. Candidates: Bernie Sanders (I) & Brooke Paige (R)
14...Wisconsin Primary
Gov. Candidates: Tony Evers (D) & Scott Walker (R)
Sen. Candidates: Tammy Baldwin (D) & Leah Vukmir (R)
21...Alaska Primary
Gov. Candidates: Mark Begich (D), Bill Walker (I) & Mike Dunleavy (R)
21...Wyoming Primary
Gov. Candidates: Mary Throne (D) & Mark Gordon (R)
Sen. Candidates: Gary Trauner (D) & John Barrasso (R)
28...Arizona Primary
Gov. Candidates: David Garcia (D) & Doug Ducey (R)
Sen. Candidates: Kyrsten Sinema (D) & Martha McSally (R)
28...Florida Primary
Gov. Candidates: Andrew Gillum (D) & Ron Desantis (R)
Sen. Candidates: Bill Nelson (D) & Rick Scott (R)
28...Oklahoma Primary Runoff
Gov. Winner: Kevin Stitt (R)

September

4...Massachusetts Primary
Gov. Candidates: Jay Gonzalez (D) & Charlie Baker (R)
Sen. Candidates: Elizabeth Warren (D) & Geoff Diehl (R)
6...Delaware Primary
Sen. Candidates: Tom Carper (D) & Rob Arlett (R)
11...New Hampshire Primary
Gov. Candidates: Molly Kelly (D) & Chris Sununu (R)
12...Rhode Island Primary
Gov. Candidates: Gina Raimondo (D) & Allan Fung (R)
Sen. Candidates: Sheldon Whitehouse (D) & Bob Flanders (R)


November

6...2018 General Election: 36 governorships, 35 Senate seats, 435 House seats
27...Mississippi Senate Special Election Runoff

December

8...Louisiana Runoff


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