2008 Key Election Dates for Candidates
| Election Date | Qualifying deadline date | First date to pick up petitions | Offices to be elected |
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February 5, 2008
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December 4, 2007 |
September 5, 2007 |
Presidential Candidates (Non-nationally recognized Presidential Party Candidates) |
| Presidential Preference Primary (PPP) |
December 4, 2007 |
N/A |
Presidential Candidates (Sect. of State announces nationally recognized party candidates.) |
December 13, 2007 (12:00 NOON) |
September 14, 2007 |
Delegate-Candidates and Applicable County offices to be determined by the local primary board if held in conjunction with PPP |
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| PPP and County Primary (If held in conjunction with PPP.) |
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May 6, 2008 County Primary (If not held in conjunction with PPP) |
February 21, 2008 (12:00 NOON) |
November 23, 2007 |
To be determined by local primary board. |
| August 7, 2008 State Primary |
April 3, 2008 (12:00 NOON) |
January 4, 2008 | U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representative, TN Senate (Even #’d districts), TN House of Representatives |
| County General (If no primary is held.) |
April 3, 2008 (12:00 NOON) |
January 4, 2008 | Applicable County Offices |
| November 4, 2008 State General Election |
August 21, 2008 * (Independent Candidates for United States President only) (12:00 NOON) |
May 23, 2008 (Independent Candidates for United States President only) | President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representative, TN Senate (Even #’d districts), TN House of Representatives |
| *Municipal elections held in conjunction with the November 4th, 2008 election have an August 21st, 2008 qualifying deadline with May 23rd being the first day a petition may be issued. | |||