SPRINGFIELD – By mid-day Wednesday, four more Republican presidential candidates filed in Springfield to be on the March 15th GOP primary ballot, and two names were added to Democrats' choices.
When filing ended at close of business, six Democrat and 11 Republican presidential candidates and their delegates had submitted petitions. Already one candidate's petitions are faced with objection: Ted Cruz.
UPDATE: FINAL LIST OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:
Tomorrow, Illinois Review will provide more in-depth analysis of what voters will find at the polls March 15th.
Republicans former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and current U.S. Senator Rand Paul filed petition signatures to get on the statewide ballot, although neither campaign filed petitions for congressional delegates although Paul had no delegates submit petitions.
UPDATE: By the end of the day, several delegate candidates for Senator Santorum added their names to the ballot.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee filed with two a few delegate candidates.
Hewlett-Packard's Carly Fiorina will also be on Illinois' March 15th primary ballot, and her candidacy is supported by a full slate of delegate candidates.
Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jim Gilmore and Ben Carson have yet to file petitions by 1:15 PM.
UPDATE: Kasich and delegate candidates submitted petitions late Wednesday afternoon, as did Marco Rubio. Ben Carson filed delegates at the same time.
Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley filed Wednesday for the Democratic Primary ballot, with a complete set of delegate candidates. As of 1:15 PM, Bernie Sanders has yet to file petitions to be on the ballot, but one person in the 7th CD filed petitions to be a delegate for Sanders on the March 15th ballot. Hillary Clinton and her delegates filed first thing Monday morning.
One Democrat from California – Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente – also filed. Neither De La Fuente or Democrat Willie Wilson from Chicago have gained enough support to be included in the Democrat Party's debates.
