May 15: Deadline for candidates to file personal financial disclosures; candidate may release early.
May 20: Kentucky primary.
May 20: Oregon primary.
May 20: FEC monthly reports due.
May 27: Idaho Republican primary.
May 27: Chris Dodd’s 64th birthday.
May 28: Rudy Giuliani’s 64th birthday.
May 31: Duncan Hunter’s 60th birthday.
June 2008
June 3: Montana primary.
June 3: New Mexico GOP caucuses.
June 3: South Dakota primary.
June 10: John Edwards’ 55th birthday.
June 15: Personal financial disclosure forms made available; candidate may release early.
June 20: FEC monthly reports due.
June 30: End of second-quarter reporting period for campaign finances.
July 2008
July 12-17: 99th annual NAACP convention in Cincinnati.
July 15: FEC quarterly reports due.
July 20: FEC monthly reports due.
August 2008
Aug. 4: Barack Obama’s 47th birthday.
Aug. 19: Fred Thompson’s 66th birthday.
Aug. 20: FEC monthly reports due.
Aug. 20: Ron Paul’s 73rd birthday.
Aug. 24: Mike Huckabee’s 53rd birthday.
Aug. 25-28: Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Aug. 29: John McCain’s 72nd birthday.
September 2008
Sept. 1-4: Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Sept. 20: FEC monthly reports due.
Sept. 26: Presidential debate at University of Mississippi in Oxford.
Sept. 26-28: California GOP state convention in Anaheim.
Sept. 30: End of third-quarter reporting period for campaign finances.
October 2008
Oct. 2: Vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis.
Oct. 7: Presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
Oct. 8: Dennis Kucinich’s 62nd birthday.
Oct. 15: Presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
Oct. 15: FEC quarterly reports due.
Oct. 20: FEC monthly reports due.
Oct. 26: Hillary Clinton’s 61st birthday.
November 2008
Nov. 4: Election Day.
Nov. 15: Bill Richardson’s 61st birthday.
Nov. 20: FEC monthly reports due.
Nov. 20: Joe Biden’s 66th birthday.
December 2008
Dec. 9: Deadline for electors to be appointed to Electoral College.
Dec. 15: Electoral College electors meet in state capitals.
Dec. 20: Tom Tancredo’s 63rd birthday.
Dec. 20: FEC monthly reports due.
Dec. 24: National Archives in Washington receives electoral votes.
Dec. 31: End of fourth-quarter and 2008 reporting periods for campaign finances.
January 2009
Jan. 6: Joint session of Congress to count electoral votes. May move to Jan. 7 or 8 because Jan. 6 is a Sunday.
Noon EST Jan. 20: Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 31: FEC year-end reports due.
Hawaii GOP will not have a presidential primary or caucus. The Montana GOP will caucus Feb. 5 though the state’s primary in which Democrats will make their presidential preferences remains in June.