FACTBOX-Calendar of U.S. presidential primaries

(Reuters) - Voters in Iowa will begin on January 3 the state-by-state contests to choose Republican and Democratic nominees for the November 2008 presidential election. New Hampshire voters go to the polls in a primary election on January 8.

Here is a calendar of the 2008 U.S. presidential nominating state primaries and caucuses. In some states, the contests are nonbinding and separate caucuses or conventions are scheduled to select delegates to the national conventions.

JANUARY 2008

* January 3: Iowa

* January 5: Wyoming (Republican)

* January 8: New Hampshire

* January 15: Michigan

* January 19: Nevada, South Carolina (Republican)

* January 26: South Carolina (Democratic)

* January 29: Florida

FEBRUARY 2008

* February 1: Maine (Republican)

* February 5: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (Democratic), Illinois, Kansas (Democratic), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico (Democratic), New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah

* February 9: Louisiana, Kansas (Republican)

* February 10: Maine (Democratic)

* February 12: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia