Topics Related to Candidate Deadlines

The deadline to withdraw a notice of candidacy and receive a refund for partisan and nonpartisan municipalities is 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The deadline to withdraw a notice of candidacy for the 2026 primary election is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.
The candidate filing period for the 2025 partisan and nonpartisan municipal elections begins at the opening of business on Monday, July 7, 2025, for county boards of elections, and ends at noon on Friday, July 18, 2025, unless otherwise stated in a municipal charter or session law.
Statewide candidate filing for the 2026 primary election begins at noon on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, and ends at noon on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.
The candidate filing period for soil and water conservation district supervisors begins at noon on Monday, June 10, 2024, and ends at noon on Friday, July 5, 2024.

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Once filed, the deadline to withdraw a notice of candidacy is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

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Candidate filing for most contests in the 2024 elections begins at noon on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, and ends at noon on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.

The candidate filing period ends at noon today.
The candidate filing period begins at noon today.
The deadline for soil and water district candidates to withdraw their notice of candidacy with their county board of elections is by the close of business on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.