The federal filing deadline in Illinois, which has the earliest congressional primary in the nation, has already passed. The second-earliest primary is in Maryland, and their deadline is coming up in just a week. Here’s a look at the deadlines looming over the next couple months:
| State | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Maryland | 12/03/07 |
| Texas | 01/02/08 |
| Ohio | 01/04/08 |
| Mississippi | 01/11/08 |
| West Virginia | 01/26/08 |
| Kentucky | 01/29/08 |
You can find SSP’s complete, sortable calendar of all filing deadlines and primary dates at this link.
I know we’ll have a full slate in Maryland — both Republican seats have Democratic opponents who have filed. There are no Republicans who have filed so far in the 2nd or 3rd districts.
1st – Illinois – full slate (that’s what, 18/18?)
2nd – Maryland – ???
etc
Just like, the top five to occur so people know what they’re looking at.
Four great challengers:
OH-01 Steve Driehaus
OH-14 Judge Bill O’Neill
OH-15 Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy
OH-16 State Senator (and US Air Force Reserve Major) John Boccieri
Each has been building their campaign operations and have been able to build serious war chests (raising more than $100,000 each in recent quarters.)
OH-05 has a special election December 11 where Robin Weirauch is seeking the seat vacated by the death of Paul Gillmor.
OH-02 and OH-10 will have contested primaries, under sort of unusual circumstances. OH-02 should be solid GOP but is currently held by the infamous “Mean Jean” Schmidt. In OH-10 Dennis Kucinich faces two (three?) intra-party challengers.
We have some seats (OH-03,OH-04,OH-08)without even a “name on the ballot.”
What districts are left needing candidates there?
I’m most worried about Texas. If we can get a full slate in Texas, I think it would be a huge success. There’s no Texan on the ticket next year…at least not on top.
I assume Ohio and Kentucky will have full slates.