On May 25, North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced that he is setting the dates of all party presidential caucuses on February 5. Even though the parties pay for their own caucuses, state law gives the Secretary of State authority to set the dates for their caucuses. Qualified parties in North Dakota are the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Constitution Parties.

In 2004, the North Dakota caucuses were also in February, but somewhat later in February.