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January 2000 
Jan 1 Sat Y2K causes chaos with utilities, financial transactions, communications, transportation...?  No, didn't happen.
Jan 2 Sun
Jan 3 Mon U.S. Treasury Department makes matching fund payments totalling $16.9 million to eight candidates (the eight candidates are certified to receive a total of $34.0 million). 
Jan 4 Tue
Jan 5 Wed New Hampshire Primary Debate Partnership Democratic debate at UNH in Durham, NH.
Jan 6 Thu New Hampshire Primary Debate Partnership Republican debate at UNH in Durham, NH.
Jan 7 Fri South Carolina Republican Party sponsors Republican candidate debate.
Jan 8 Sat Des Moines Register sponsors Democratic candidate debate.
New Hampshire Presidential Candidates Youth Forum at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
Jan 9 Sun NHRSC presidential primary gala dinner "A Salute to the Next President" in Durham, NH.
Jan 10 Mon Republican debate at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI.
ACE (Agriculture, Conservation, Energy/Environment) Debate in Iowa--Republicans.
Jan 11 Tue
Jan 12 Wed ACE (Agriculture, Conservation, Energy/Environment) Debate in Iowa--Democrats.
Jan 13 Thu RNC Winter Meeting in San Jose, Calif.
Jan 14 Fri RNC Winter Meeting in San Jose, Calif.
Jan 15 Sat RNC Winter Meeting in San Jose, Calif.
Louisiana Republican caucuses.  (cancelled 12/15/99)
Des Moines Register sponsors Republican candidate debate.
Jan 16 Sun
Jan 17 Mon "Iowa Brown-Black Presidential Forum" (Democrats) in Des Moines, IA.
Jan 18 Tue
Jan 19 Wed AARP NH Presidential Primary Project candidates forum in Manchester, NH.
Jan 20 Thu 27th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Arlington, VA.
Jan 21 Fri 27th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Arlington, VA.
Jan 22 Sat 27th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Arlington, VA.
Jan 23 Sun
Jan 24 Mon Alaska Republican straw poll/caucus.
Iowa caucuses.
Jan 25 Tue
Jan 26 Wed Orrin Hatch announces the end of his presidential campaign in Washington, DC.
WMUR-TV and CNN nationally televised debate--Republicans.
WMUR-TV and CNN nationally televised debate--Democrats.
Jan 27 Thu
Jan 28 Fri
Jan 29 Sat
Jan 30 Sun
Jan 31 Mon
  February 2000 Top
Feb 1 Tue New Hampshire primary.
Feb 2 Wed
Feb 3 Thu
Feb 4 Fri Gary Bauer announces the end of his presidential campaign in a press conference in Washington, DC.
Feb 5 Sat
Feb 6 Sun
Feb 7 Mon
Feb 8 Tue Delaware Republican primary.
Feb 9 Wed
Feb 10 Thu Steve Forbes announces the end of his presidential campaign in a press conference in Washington, DC.
Feb 11 Fri
Feb 12 Sat National Committee of the Reform Party meets in Nashville, TN, removes Jack Gargan as chairman and elects Pat Choate.
Feb 13 Sun
Feb 14 Mon Donald Trump ends his presidential exploratory effort.
Feb 15 Tue South Carolina BIPEC debate (Republicans) in Columbia, SC.
Libertarian candidate Harry Browne announces candidacy.
Feb 16 Wed
Feb 17 Thu
Feb 18 Fri
Feb 19 Sat South Carolina Republican primary.
Feb 20 Sun
Feb 21 Mon Consumer advocate Ralph Nader announces candidacy for the Green Party's presidential nomination.
Democratic debate at Apollo Theater in New York City.
Feb 22 Tue Arizona Republican primary; Michigan Republican primary.
Feb 23 Wed
Feb 24 Thu
Feb 25 Fri
Feb 26 Sat
Feb 27 Sun Puerto Rico Republican primary.
Feb 28 Mon
Feb 29 Tue Washington primary.
North Dakota Republican caucuses; Virginia Republican primary. 
  March 2000 Top
Mar 1 Wed Los Angeles Times and CNN nationally televised debate--Democrats.
Mar 2 Thu Los Angeles Times and CNN nationally televised debate--Republicans.
Mar 3 Fri
Mar 4 Sat
Mar 5 Sun
Mar 6 Mon
Mar 7 Tue Mega-Primary Day.  Primaries in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Hawaii Democratic caucuses, Idaho Democratic caucuses, Minnesota Democratic caucuses, North Dakota Democratic caucuses, Washington Democratic caucuses.
Mar 8 Wed
Mar 9 Thu Bill Bradley ends his presidential campaign in West Orange, NJ.
John McCain announces he is suspending his presidential campaign, in Sedona, AZ.
Mar 10 Fri Western Primary--Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. 
Mar 11 Sat Arizona Democratic primary; Michigan Democratic caucuses.
Mar 12 Sun Nevada Democratic precinct meetings.
Mar 13 Mon
Mar 14 Tue Primaries in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas.
Mar 15 Wed
Mar 16 Thu
Mar 17 Fri
Mar 18 Sat
Mar 19 Sun
Mar 20 Mon
Mar 21 Tue Illinois primary.
Mar 22 Wed
Mar 23 Thu
Mar 24 Fri
Mar 25 Sat Alaska Democratic caucuses.
Mar 26 Sun
Mar 27 Mon Settling the dispute over leadership of the Reform Party, U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon rules that Pat Choate is chairman of the Reform Party.
Mar 28 Tue
Mar 29 Wed
Mar 30 Thu
Mar 31 Fri
  April 2000 Top
Apr 1 Sat
Apr 2 Sun
Apr 3 Mon
Apr 4 Tue Primaries in Kansas and Wisconsin.
Apr 5 Wed
Apr 6 Thu Vice President Gore names Warren Christopher to lead his vice presidential search. 
Apr 7 Fri
Apr 8 Sat
Apr 9 Sun
Apr 10 Mon
Apr 11 Tue
Apr 12 Wed
Apr 13 Thu
Apr 14 Fri
Apr 15 Sat
Apr 16 Sun
Apr 17 Mon
Apr 18 Tue
Apr 19 Wed
Apr 20 Thu
Apr 21 Fri
Apr 22 Sat
Apr 23 Sun
Apr 24 Mon
Apr 25 Tue Pennsylvania primary.
Gov. Bush names Dick Cheney to lead his vice presidential search.
Apr 26 Wed
Apr 27 Thu
Apr 28 Fri
Apr 29 Sat
Apr 30 Sun
  May 2000 Top
May 1 Mon
May 2 Tue Primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and DC.
May 3 Wed
May 4 Thu
May 5 Fri
May 6 Sat
May 7 Sun
May 8 Mon
May 9 Tue Primaries in Nebraska and West Virginia.
May 10 Wed
May 11 Thu
May 12 Fri
May 13 Sat
May 14 Sun
May 15 Mon
May 16 Tue
May 17 Wed
May 18 Thu
May 19 Fri
May 20 Sat
May 21 Sun
May 22 Mon
May 23 Tue Primaries in Arkansas and Idaho.
May 24 Wed
May 25 Thu
May 26 Fri
May 27 Sat
May 28 Sun
May 29 Mon
May 30 Tue Kentucky primary.
May 31 Wed
  June 2000 Top
Jun 1 Thu
Jun 2 Fri
Jun 3 Sat
Jun 4 Sun
Jun 5 Mon
Jun 6 Tue Primaries in Alabama, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
Jun 7 Wed
Jun 8 Thu
Jun 9 Fri
Jun 10 Sat
Jun 11 Sun
Jun 12 Mon
Jun 13 Tue
Jun 14 Wed
Jun 15 Thu
Jun 16 Fri
Jun 17 Sat
Jun 18 Sun
Jun 19 Mon RNC platform hearing in Dayton, Ohio.
Jun 20 Tue
Jun 21 Wed
Jun 22 Thu
Jun 23 Fri RNC platform hearing in Billings, Montana.
Jun 24 Sat Greens (ASGP) National Nominating Convention in Denver, Colorado.
Jun 25 Sun Greens (ASGP) National Nominating Convention in Denver, Colorado.
Jun 26 Mon
Jun 27 Tue
Jun 28 Wed
Jun 29 Thu
Jun 30 Fri Libertarian National Convention in Anaheim, California.
  July 2000 Top
Jul 1 Sat Libertarian National Convention in Anaheim, California.
Jul 2 Sun Libertarian National Convention in Anaheim, California.
Jul 3 Mon Libertarian National Convention in Anaheim, California.
Jul 4 Tue
Jul 5 Wed
Jul 6 Thu DNC platform hearing in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jul 7 Fri
Jul 8 Sat
Jul 9 Sun
Jul 10 Mon July 10-17 Roughly 880,000 ballots mailed out for the Reform Party's national primary.
Jul 11 Tue
Jul 12 Wed
Jul 13 Thu
Jul 14 Fri
Jul 15 Sat
Jul 16 Sun
Jul 17 Mon
Jul 18 Tue
Jul 19 Wed
Jul 20 Thu
Jul 21 Fri
Jul 22 Sat
Jul 23 Sun
Jul 24 Mon
Jul 25 Tue Gov. Bush names Dick Cheney as his vice presidential running mate.
Jul 26 Wed RNC Summer Meeting in Philadelphia.
Jul 27 Thu RNC Summer Meeting in Philadelphia.
Jul 28 Fri RNC Summer Meeting in Philadelphia.
Jul 29 Sat
Jul 30 Sun
Jul 31 Mon Republican National Convention at First Union Center in Philadelphia.
  August 2000 Top
Aug 1 Tue Republican National Convention at First Union Center in Philadelphia.
Aug 2 Wed Republican National Convention at First Union Center in Philadelphia.
Aug 3 Thu Republican National Convention at First Union Center in Philadelphia.
Aug 4 Fri Treasury Department wires $67.56 million to the Bush campaign.
Aug 5 Sat
Aug 6 Sun
Aug 7 Mon
Aug 8 Tue Vice President Gore names Joe Lieberman as his vice presidential running mate.
Aug 9 Wed
Aug 10 Thu Reform Party Convention, Long Beach, Calif.
Aug 11 Fri Reform Party Convention, Long Beach, Calif.
Aug 12 Sat Reform Party Convention, Long Beach, Calif.
Aug 13 Sun Reform Party Convention, Long Beach, Calif.
Aug 14 Mon Democratic National Convention at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Aug 15 Tue Democratic National Convention at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Aug 16 Wed Democratic National Convention at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Aug 17 Thu Democratic National Convention at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Aug 18 Fri Treasury Department wires $67.56 million to the Gore campaign.
Aug 19 Sat
Aug 20 Sun
Aug 21 Mon
Aug 22 Tue
Aug 23 Wed
Aug 24 Thu
Aug 25 Fri
Aug 26 Sat
Aug 27 Sun
Aug 28 Mon
Aug 29 Tue
Aug 30 Wed
Aug 31 Thu Natural Law Party Convention, Alexandria, Virginia.
  September 2000 Top
Sep 1 Fri Natural Law Party Convention, Alexandria, Virginia.
Sep 2 Sat Natural Law Party Convention, Alexandria, Virginia.
Sep 3 Sun Bush campaign announces its debate schedule.
Sep 4 Mon Labor Day.  Traditional start of the fall campaign.
Sep 5 Tue
Sep 6 Wed
Sep 7 Thu
Sep 8 Fri
Sep 9 Sat
Sep 10 Sun
Sep 11 Mon
Sep 12 Tue
Sep 13 Wed
Sep 14 Thu Treasury Department wires $12.6 million to the Buchanan campaign.
Gore and Bush campaigns agree to debate schedule proposed by the CPD back in January.
Sep 15 Fri XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney, September 15-October 1.
Sep 16 Sat
Sep 17 Sun
Sep 18 Mon
Sep 19 Tue
Sep 20 Wed
Sep 21 Thu
Sep 22 Fri
Sep 23 Sat
Sep 24 Sun
Sep 25 Mon
Sep 26 Tue
Sep 27 Wed
Sep 28 Thu "The 3rd Party Presidential Debate" (Harry Browne, John Hagelin, Howard Phillips), RiverCentre, St.Paul, MN
Sep 29 Fri Christian Coalition's annual conference "Road to Victory 2000."
Sep 30 Sat Christian Coalition's annual conference "Road to Victory 2000."
  October 2000 Top
Oct 1 Sun XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney, September 15-October 1.
Oct 2 Mon
Oct 3 Tue Commission on Presidential Debates' first presidential debate at University of Massachusetts in Boston, MA.
Oct 4 Wed
Oct 5 Thu Commission on Presidential Debates' vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, KY.
Oct 6 Fri
Oct 7 Sat
Oct 8 Sun
Oct 9 Mon
Oct 10 Tue
Oct 11 Wed Commission on Presidential Debates' second presidential debate at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
Oct 12 Thu
Oct 13 Fri
Oct 14 Sat
Oct 15 Sun
Oct 16 Mon
Oct 17 Tue Commission on Presidential Debates' third presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Oct 18 Wed
Oct 19 Thu
Oct 20 Fri Judicial Watch's "Ethics in Government 2000" Presidential Debate (Harry Browne, John Hagelin, Howard Phillips), Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
Oct 21 Sat
Oct 22 Sun
Oct 23 Mon
Oct 24 Tue
Oct 25 Wed
Oct 26 Thu
Oct 27 Fri
Oct 28 Sat
Oct 29 Sun
Oct 30 Mon
Oct 31 Tue
  November 2000 Top
Nov 1 Wed
Nov 2 Thu
Nov 3 Fri
Nov 4 Sat
Nov 5 Sun
Nov 6 Mon
Nov 7 Tue Election Day.
Nov 8 Wed
Nov 9 Thu
Nov 10 Fri
Nov 11 Sat
Nov 12 Sun
Nov 13 Mon
Nov 14 Tue
Nov 15 Wed
Nov 16 Thu
Nov 17 Fri
Nov 18 Sat
Nov 19 Sun
Nov 20 Mon
Nov 21 Tue
Nov 22 Wed
Nov 23 Thu
Nov 24 Fri
Nov 25 Sat
Nov 26 Sun Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certifies Gov. Bush as the winner in Florida with a margin of 537 votes over Vice President Gore. 
Nov 27 Mon
Nov 28 Tue
Nov 29 Wed
Nov 30 Thu
  December 2000 Top
Dec 1 Fri U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board et al. 
Dec 2 Sat
Dec 3 Sun
Dec 4 Mon
Dec 5 Tue
Dec 6 Wed
Dec 7 Thu
Dec 8 Fri
Dec 9 Sat
Dec 10 Sun
Dec 11 Mon U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Bush v. Gore.
Dec 12 Tue
Dec 13 Wed Vice President Gore concedes in a televised address; President-elect Bush then addresses the nation.
Dec 14 Thu
Dec 15 Fri
Dec 16 Sat
Dec 17 Sun
Dec 18 Mon Electors meet in each state and the District of Columbia
Dec 19 Tue
Dec 20 Wed
Dec 21 Thu
Dec 22 Fri
Dec 23 Sat
Dec 24 Sun
Dec 25 Mon
Dec 26 Tue
Dec 27 Wed
Dec 28 Thu
Dec 29 Fri
Dec 30 Sat
Dec 31 Sun
  January 2001 Top
Jan 1 Mon
Jan 2 Tue
Jan 3 Wed
Jan 4 Thu
Jan 5 Fri
Jan 6 Sat Congress meets in joint session to officially certify electoral tally.
Jan 7 Sun
Jan 8 Mon
Jan 9 Tue
Jan 10 Wed
Jan 11 Thu
Jan 12 Fri
Jan 13 Sat
Jan 14 Sun
Jan 15 Mon
Jan 16 Tue
Jan 17 Wed RNC Winter Meeting in Washington, DC.
Jan 18 Thu RNC Winter Meeting in Washington, DC.
Jan 19 Fri
Jan 20 Sat Inauguration Day.
Jan 21 Sun
Jan 22 Mon
Jan 23 Tue
Jan 24 Wed
Jan 25 Thu
Jan 26 Fri
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Jan 30 Tue
Jan 31 Wed

Feb. 2-3, 2001 -- Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington, DC.