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Saturday, Feb. 4 - Nevada (caucus)
February 4–11, 2012 - Maine (caucus)
February 7, 2012 - Colorado (caucus), Minnesota (caucus), Missouri (primary; will NOT count for delegates toward the 2012 GOP convention)
| Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party - NO BUSINESS MEETING THIS MONTH. Social gathering instead. JOIN US! Pueblo Cantina, Jasper, Hwy. 53, west of Highway 515. |
February 28, 2012 - Arizona (primary), Michigan (primary)
March 3, 2012 - Washington (caucus)
Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2012 - SUPER TUESDAY - Georgia Presidential Preference primary; also caucuses in Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota; primaries in Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia
March 6-10, 2012 - Wyoming (caucus)
March 10, 2012 - Kansas (caucus), U.S. Virgin Islands (caucus)
March 13, 2012 - Alabama (primary), Hawaii (caucus), Mississippi (primary)
March 17, 2012 - Missouri (GOP caucus, WILL determine the delegates sent to the 2012 GOP convention)
March 18, 2012 - Puerto Rico (primary)
March 20, 2012 - Illinois (primary)
| Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B"). |
March 24, 2012 - Louisiana (primary)
April 3, 2012 - District of Columbia (primary), Maryland (primary), Wisconsin (primary), Texas (primary)
| Tuesday, Apr. 17, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA. |
Saturday, Apr. 21, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 9th District delegate selection caucus
April 24, 2012 - Connecticut (primary), Delaware (primary), New York (primary), Pennsylvania (primary), Rhode Island (primary)
May 8, 2012 - Indiana (primary), North Carolina (primary), West Virginia (primary)
May 15, 2012 - Nebraska (primary), Oregon (primary)
| Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B"). |
May 22, 2012 - Arkansas (primary), Kentucky (primary)
June 5, 2012 - California (primary), Montana (primary), New Jersey (primary), New Mexico (primary), South Dakota (primary)
| Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA. |
June 26, 2012 - Utah (primary)
| Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B"). |
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - Georgia General Primary/Non-Partisan
| Aug. 1 - Sept. 14 - Period for election of PCDC members |
| Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA. |
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - Georgia General Primary/Non-Partisan Run-off
| Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B"). |
| Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA. |
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 - General Election
| Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B"). |
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 - General Election Runoff
| Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA. |
| Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 - Deadline for PCDC officer election |
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