2010 election statewide candidates have filed

November 3, 1:15 PMChicago Statehouse ExaminerLevi Moore

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The deadline for filing petitions to enter the February 2, 2010 primary election has finally arrived.  This has generated more activity than normal because of unique circumstances that have occurred in Illinois. 

The last person elected to the vacant U.S. Senate seat is now the President of the United States.  His replacement was picked by a governor that was impeached and removed from office.  He was replaced, via the Illinois Constitution, by the Lieutenant Governor, which has historically been the least attractive state-wide office.  But, because Illinois has just experienced how through luck and timely indictments, the “Lite Guv” can end up sitting in the big chair, this Lieutenant Governor’s race has a surprisingly large number of entrants. 

This election also features some other oddities that should make this campaign season interesting.  Four races, U.S. Senate, Lt. Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer, do not feature incumbents, which could explain why there are a lot of "new names" running and a couple of candidates doing a “Brett Favre” and coming out of political retirement.  So, here is the list (but, look for more details and depth in future columns as the races progress):

U.S. SENATE

DEMOCRAT
Alexi Giannoulias  
David Hoffman  
Robert Marshall  
Jacob Meister   
Corey Dabney   
Cheryle Jackson  
Will Boyd, Jr.   
    
REPUBLICAN
John Arrington
Mark Kirk
Don Lowery
Andy Martin
Kathleen Thomas
Bob Zadek
Tom Kuna

GREEN
LeAlan Jones

GOVERNOR

REPUBLICAN
Adam Andrzejewski  
Bill Brady   
Kirk Dillard   
Bob Schillerstrom  
Dan Proft
Jim Ryan 
Andy McKenna

DEMOCRAT
Daniel Hynes
Pat Quinn
William “Dock” Walls
Ed Scanlan

GREEN
Rich Whitner
Richard Mayers

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

DEMOCRAT
Rickey Hendon  
Terry Link   
Arthur Turner   
Scott Cohen   
Thomas Castillo  
Mike Boland   

REPUBLICAN
Brad Cole
Jason Plummer
Don Tracey
Randy White
Matt Murphy
Dennis Cook

GREEN
Don Crawford

ATTORNEY GENERAL

DEMOCRAT
Lisa Madigan   

GREEN
David Black

REPUBLICAN
Steve Kim

SECRETARY OF STATE

DEMOCRAT
Jesse White

REPUBLICAN
Robert Enriquez 

GREEN
Adrian Frost

COMPTROLLER

GREEN
Erika Schafer

REPUBLICAN
Jim Dodge
Judy Baar Topinka
William Kelly

DEMOCRAT
Raja Krishnamoorthi  
David Miller   
Clint Krislov   

TREASURER

REPUBLICAN
Dan Rutherford

GREEN
Scott Summers

DEMOCRAT
Justin Oberman
Robin Kelly
Mark Doyle