The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● Primary Calendar: Daily Kos Elections is pleased to unveil our 2022 primary calendar, where you'll find a complete list of major-party filing deadlines, primaries, and runoffs for all 50 states. One of the things we pay careful attention to at Daily Kos Elections is each state's candidate filing deadline, since it represents the point at which prospective candidates need to decide whether or not they'll actually run for office. The first deadlines are coming up very soon, in Texas on Dec. 13 and North Carolina shortly thereafter on Dec. 17. Filing season doesn't end, though, until July 22 in Louisiana, which traditionally brings up the rear. We also include important notes about those deadlines. Nebraska, for example, has a unique law that requires any incumbents, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election or another office, to file by Feb. 15; the deadline for everyone else is March 1. We also list states where party conventions are important for determining ballot access, winnowing the field, or officially picking nominees. As conventions are scheduled, we'll add those dates to our calendar. Read more