The 5th and final primary of the first round is May 27 in the Midwest region which stretches from Ohio to Nebraska and points north.
The 9 subregions are:
S and C Ohio (5)
N Ohio (5)
SE Michigan (5)
W and C Michigan (3) and NE Wisconsin (2)
Minnesota (4) and South Dakota (1) (North Dakota will be used in Round 2).
Iowa (3) and SW Wisconsin (2)
Outstate Illinois (4) and Nebraska (1)
Chicagoland (5)
Indiana (5)
The debate tour starts in Outstate Illinois, except for Edwards and Obama who begin in Lincoln, Nebraska before flying to Chicago to join the other candidates for the 2nd group of debates. The tour moves eastward into Indiana and Ohio for the next 3 debates, before heading northwest to the Detroit area. It then proceeds westward across Michigan, jumping Lake Michigan to NE Wisconsin, and on to Minnesota and South Dakota. The final debates before the primary are in Iowa and SW Wisconsin.
| May 9 | Illinois | CD 8 | Schaumburg | Richardson | Gravel | McCain | T Thompson |
| Illinois | CD 12 | Belleville | Dodd | Clinton | F Thompson | Huckabee |
| Illinois | CD 14 | Aurora | Gore | Vilsack | Hunter | Romney |
| Illinois | CD 15 | Champaign | Kucinich | Biden | Brownback | Gingrich |
| May 11 | Illinois | CD 3 | Berwyn | Richardson | Obama | Huckabee | Romney |
| Illinois | CD 5 | Chicago | Gore | Gravel | Gingrich | T Thompson |
| Illinois | CD 6 | Wheaton | Kucinich | Clinton | Brownback | Hunter |
| Illinois | CD 10 | Waukegan | Dodd | Edwards | F Thompson | Paul |
| Illinois | CD 13 | Naperville | Biden | Vilsack | Giuliani | McCain |
I can just imagine the furor in IL when the list comes out and it shows all four majority-minority districts in Chicago (CDs 1, 2, 4, 7) are skipped. I can imagine Jesse organizing marches already.
