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Here are the ins and outs of the road to winning the Republican Party presidential nomination.
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain arrives onstage to address the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 23. (Joe Burbank/AP/File)
4. The rear guard
The remaining 28 states hold their presidential nominating contests in March, April, May, and June.
March 10: Kansas caucus
March 13: Alabama primary, Hawaii caucus, Mississippi primary
March 17: Missouri caucuses
March 20: Illinois primary
March 24: Louisiana primary
April 3: Maryland primary, Wisconsin primary
April 24: Connecticut primary, Delaware primary, New York primary, Pennsylvania primary, Rhode Island primary
May 8: Indiana primary, North Carolina primary, West Virginia primary
May 15: Nebraska primary, Oregon primary
May 22: Arkansas primary, Kentucky primary
June 5: California primary, Montana primary, New Jersey primary, New Mexico primary, South Dakota primary
June 12: Ohio primary
June 26: Utah primary
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