Take a look at some key campaign start dates
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The starting gun for the 2024 presidential campaign was officially fired following the results of the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday.
Donald Trump won a landslide victory in the first primary of the season after of how candidates braved the state's freezing temperatures to attract votes.
National polls are predicting a runoff between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in a presidential race that could be one of the most historic in the nation's history.
But the 2024 schedule is also complicated by the storm of litigation facing Mr. Trump, who will have to juggle the campaign trail with a series of court appearances.
Here, The Telegraph gives you a comprehensive look at all the key dates coming up.
January 15
Iowa, the first state to vote in the Republican primary, caucuses.
January 15
Second civil libel case launched against Mr. Trump. by E. Jean Carroll.
January 21
CNN hosts second GOP primary debate in New Hampshire.
January 23
New Hampshire primary set for January 23, even though that the Democratic National Committee is trying to reschedule.
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife campaign in Iowa on August 10. Photo: Al Drago. February 3
South Carolina Democratic Primary.
February 24
South Carolina Republican Primary.
March 4.
The date of Trump's trial in a Washington federal case accusing the former president of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
March 5 is Super Tuesday
The date when 15 states will hold primaries and caucuses, including Texas and California. This could be a defining moment in the Republican primary.
March 12
Michigan, among seven other states, holds primaries and caucuses.
March 19
Primaries in four more states, including Florida and Illinois.
March 25
The beginning of the storm Daniels' hush money case was brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Donald Trump during the official Pro-Am tournament in Bedminster, New Jersey, August 10. Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY, April
Primaries in Wisconsin, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
May
Primaries in Indiana, Nebraska, West Virginia, Kentucky and Oregon.
p>May 14
Pre-trial hearing in the classified documents case, during which special prosecutor Jack Smith accuses Trump of illegally storing documents at Mar-a-Lago and obstructing the government's attempts to obtain them.
May 20
Secret File Begins File Case.
June
Primaries in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington, D.C.
July 15–18
Republican National Convention takes place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Republican presidential nominee will be officially announced.
August 19-22
Chicago will host the Democratic National Convention.
November 5
Election Day.
December 10
The Safe Harbor deadline is when states must settle any disputes over who will be sent to the Electoral College, the body that officially compiles the votes to determine the outcome of an election.
December 16
Electors meet in their state capitals, to officially cast their votes for the Electoral College.
Rioters storm the captiol, January 6, 2020. Photo: José Luis Magana , 2025, January 6
The formal counting of Electoral College votes occurs during a joint session of Congress.
In the 2020 Census, Texas received two electoral votes, while Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon each received one.
California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia each lost one.
This will be the first formal vote count on Jan. 6 since the 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Jan. 20 is Inauguration Day
The president-elect will be brought to oath.
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