* 3:50 pm - [Surprises are highlighted.] Chicago Alderman Bob Fioretti has filed petitions to run for the 7th Congressional District seat now held by Danny Davis, who may run for county board president.
* Attorney Clint Krislov has filed as a Democrat to run for comptroller. Krislov dropped out of the 1996 US Senate race (which also featured Dick Durbin and Pat Quinn) after reported problems with his petitions.
* We have a new US Senate candidate. Corey Dabney, an African-American Democrat, is apparently waiting to file his petitions. His website is here. The site was purchased on October 8th - less than a month ago. That makes two black Democratic US Senate candidates, although only one, Cheryle Jackson, can be considered a top tier candidate. Ms. Jackson has not yet filed.
* State Sen. Tony Munoz has filed to run against Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz for Democratic State Central Committeeman.
* In non-surprise races, Dan Proft filed his petitions for governor, Dan Rutherford filed for state treasurer. Porter McNeil has filed for Rep. Michael Boland’s House seat. Boland has not yet filed for treasurer lieutenant governor, but there’s still time.
More as they come in. You can follow along by clicking here and then clicking on the “Latest filed” link. The idiotic State Board of Elections website doesn’t allow direct linking. Morons.
* 4:04 pm - Cheryle Jackson and Corey Dabney have now filed.
Democratic political operative Mark Doyle has filed for treasurer.
* 4:22 pm - Jim Ryan just filed for governor.
* 4:34 pm - You can watch the Cook County filings at this link. As of this writing, Todd Stroger has not yet filed for reelection.
Andy McKenna and his running mate Matt Murphy have filed.
* 4:54 pm - Once again, we have to wait while Cook County updates its site. The county clerk hasn’t updated since 4:19 pm. Sheesh.
* 5:00 pm - Rep. Boland has filed for LG. If you’re keeping track, seven Dems have filed for LG so far, and six Republicans have also filed. Still no updates from David Orr’s site.
* 5:03 pm - From Scott Cisek’s Twitter page…
5 mins to deadline and no sign of Todd Stroger, uh, Mr. President, where are you?
10 minutes ago from web
* 5:06 pm - The Green Party will have a gubernatorial primary between 2006 contender Rich Whitney and late filer Richard Mayers of Chicago. However, Mayers also filed for 10th Congress.
* 5:09 pm - ABC7 claims that Todd Stroger filed his petitions last. But there’s no confirmation yet from the county clerk.
* 5:10 pm - I was finally able to get confirmation from the county clerk’s office that Stroger filed. It would be nice if they’d update their site.