Campaigns

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Early 2012 nominating schedule
Jan. 3: Iowa caucus
Jan. 10: New Hampshire primary
Jan. 21: South Carolina primary
Jan. 31: Florida primary
Feb. 4: Nevada caucus; Maine caucus (Feb. 4 -11)
Feb. 7: Colorado, Minnesota caucuses

Feb. 28: Arizona, Michigan primaries
March 3: Washington caucus
March 6: (Super Tuesday) Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota caucuses; Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia primaries.