Election 101: What's the Republican primary calendar for 2012?

Here are the ins and outs of the road to winning the Republican Party presidential nomination.

4. The rear guard

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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.

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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