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The 2008 [[Republican ]] primary schedule is as follows:

* January 21, 2008 - [[Iowa ]] (caucuses that tend to exclude independents) * January 28, 2008 - [[New Hampshire ]] (independents allowed to vote) * February 2, 2008 - [[South Carolina ]] (independents not allowed to vote) * February 5, 2008 - [[Alabama]], [[Arizona]], [[Arkansas]], [[Missouri]], [[New Mexico]], [[North Carolina]], [[North Dakota]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Utah]], [[West Virginia ]] (which will nominate a candidate at a state nominating convention) * February 5, 2008 (unofficial date) - [[Florida]], [[Michigan]] * February 12, 2008 - [[Tennessee]] * February 9 or February 16, 2008 (date to be determined) - [[Louisiana]] * February 19, 2008 - [[Minnesota]], [[Wisconsin]] * February 26, 2008 - [[New Jersey]] * March 4, 2008 - [[Connecticut]], [[Georgia]], [[Maryland]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New York]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Ohio]], [[Texas]], [[Vermont]] * March 4, 2008 (unofficial date) - [[Pennsylvania]] * March 11, 2008 - [[Mississippi]], [[Washington]] * March 18, 2008 - [[Illinois]] * April 2, 2008 - [[Puerto Rico ]] (unofficial) * April 15, 2008 - [[Colorado]] * April 26, 2008 - [[Kansas]], [[Nevada]] * May 2008 (date to be determined) - [[Alaska]] * May 6, 2008 - [[Indiana]] * May 10, 2008 - [[Wyoming]] * May 13, 2008 - [[Nebraska]] * May 20, 2008 - [[Kentucky]], [[Oregon]] * May 27, 2008 - [[Idaho]] * June 3, 2008 - [[South Dakota]], California[1[California]] * June 6, 2008 - [[Hawaii]], [[Virginia]] * June 9, 2008 - [[Montana]]