A Look at How Donald Trump May Juggle Between US Primaries and His Lawsuits

Donald Trump’s clear victory in Iowa kicked off the US Republican presidential primary season Monday evening — the beginning of a state-by-state schedule complicated by his four criminal indictments, not to mention his multiple civil suits.

January, February kickoff

After Iowa, Trump and his Republican challengers — former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — head to New Hampshire, for its January 23 primary.

Nevada votes next on February 8 — the same day that the US Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Trump’s eligibility to appear on the primary ballot in Colorado.

Trump is appealing a ruling by Colorado’s highest court that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the state because of his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots carried out by his supporters.

The former president will remain on the ballot in Colorado — which votes March 5 — until the Supreme Court rules otherwise. A date for the expected ruling is not known.

March: primary and judicial calendar accelerates

Trump faces a similar challenge to his eligibility in Maine, which also votes on March 5, in what is referred to as “Super Tuesday,” when 16 states hold primary contests.

Each state is worth a certain number of delegates, with states with larger populations — like California and Texas, also voting on Super Tuesday — carrying more.

Two weeks later, a slew of states including Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Ohio go to the polls.

The judicial calendar also picks up in March, with one of Trump’s federal trials opening in Washington on the eve of the Super Tuesday.

In that case, opening March 4, he is charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.

A state-level criminal trial will round out the month starting March 25, in New York, where Trump is facing charges over alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels stemming from his 2016 campaign.

July nominating convention

As the primaries continue through the spring, a third trial, in Florida, is set for May 20, though it will likely be postponed.

In that federal case, Trump is charged over his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office.

The last Republican primaries will then wrap up June 4. Delegates will then vote at the July 15-18 Republican nominating convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Trump’s final criminal trial, a state case in Georgia also related to attempts at subverting the 2020 election results, does not yet have a date.

The general election — in which Trump may well face Biden — is set for November 5.