2026 State Primary Dates
The primary season runs from Tuesday 3 March to Tuesday 15 September, and the general election is Tuesday 3 November. All 50 states are below, plus DC and the territories. 35 of them have a Senate seat on the ballot.
Already held
37 of 50
State primaries completed
Still to come
13
Through Tuesday 15 September
Next date
6 Aug
Today
General election
89 days
3 November 2026
Next up
Thursday 6 August
Primaries in Tennessee.
Tuesday 10 March
HeldTuesday 17 March
HeldTuesday 31 March
HeldRunoff · Arkansas
Tuesday 7 April
HeldRunoff · Mississippi
Tuesday 5 May
HeldTuesday 12 May
HeldRunoff · North Carolina
Saturday 16 May
HeldTuesday 19 May
HeldTuesday 26 May
HeldRunoff · Texas
Tuesday 2 June
HeldTuesday 9 June
HeldTuesday 16 June
HeldOklahoma SenateDistrict of Columbia Delegate
Runoff · Alabama, Georgia
Tuesday 23 June
HeldRunoff · South Carolina
Saturday 27 June
HeldRunoff · Louisiana
Tuesday 30 June
HeldTuesday 21 July
HeldSaturday 1 August
HeldGuam DelegateVirgin Islands Delegate
Tuesday 4 August
HeldThursday 6 August
TodaySaturday 8 August
In 2 daysTuesday 11 August
In 5 daysTuesday 18 August
In 12 daysTuesday 25 August
In 19 daysRunoff · Oklahoma
Tuesday 1 September
In 26 daysTuesday 8 September
In 33 daysWednesday 9 September
In 34 daysTuesday 15 September
In 40 daysAbout these dates
Dates are from the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s 2026 primary elections chart, current as of May 2026, and cross-checked against Wikipedia’s 2026 Senate election-dates table for the 35 states with a Senate race.
The runoff column covers congressional runoffs, which 9 states hold when no candidate clears the required share of the vote: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas. A state can therefore hold a runoff for another office on a date not listed here — South Dakota’s gubernatorial runoff in July is one.
Primary dates can move, and some already have: Arizona’s was rescheduled to 21 July. Check your state election office for the authoritative date before relying on it to vote.