re: Rand Paul's way-too-early path to the GOP nomination.

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January:

Iowa: Paul
New Hampshire: Paul

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There will not be any primaries or caucuses in January 2016.

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February:

Colorado: Paul
Minnesota: Walker
Missouri: Santorum
Utah: Santorum
Nevada: Paul
South Carolina: Paul
North Carolina: Chistie
Arizona: Paul
Michigan: Walker

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The only February contests in 2016 will be in Iowa, NH, South Carolina and Nevada.

The Green Papers, Frontloading HQ, and other sites are using the information you have above because they are waiting for the official changes to come through. Both the Democrat and Republican Parties have both agreed on the information I am providing to you, and states will adjust their primary dates in the future. Green Papers explicitly states that the dates they are showing are tentative, based on prior years' formulas. They are still showing the 2016 GOP Convention set for the last week of August despite the fact that the RNC has already announced it will be moved up to very early summer, between mid-June and the the first week of July, depending on the city chosen.

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Thanks for the info

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Gumbo, here are a couple of sample stories covering each party's virtually identical actions on this topic.

Democrats:

"Get those 2016 calendars out. The first votes that will be cast for the Democratic presidential nomination will take place in February 2016, Democrats decided Friday at a Democratic National Committee rules and bylaws committee meeting.

The proposed calendar has the traditional early states first. The Iowa caucuses will take place on February 1, the New Hampshire primary will be on February 9, the Nevada caucuses will be held February 20 and the South Carolina primary will be Feb. 27. All other states will have to wait until March 1 and can hold their primary or caucus through June 14th.

The proposed calendar still needs to be ratified at the August meeting in Atlanta of the full DNC, but it’s likely these dates will hold. There was little discussion of the dates among the committee members today and the dates were approved by a unanimous voice vote. "

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Republicans:

"The Republican National Committee on Friday voted to significantly compress its presidential nominating calendar and to move its nominating convention earlier in the summer of 2016.

The full committee voted at its annual winter meeting to approve a new rules package that would allow the four regular early states -- Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina -- to hold their nominating contests in February 2016 and penalize other states that might try to move their contests earlier than March 1."

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Just didn't want anyone to think I was pulling that information out of the internet rumor mill.