Monday was the last day for candidates to file their petitions. Here’s who’s running

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is now facing three Democratic primary challengers and a pair of Republicans battling for a chance to run for her office.

The race for a seat on the Illinois state Supreme Court gained a candidate, stretching the field to eight. And former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is making another attempt at a return to politics.

Those were some of the highlights as of the 5 p.m. Monday close of the week-long candidate filing period.

Former Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) and former prosecutor Donna More filed their petitions for state’s attorney on the final day of the period, joining former prosecutor Bill Conway, who had already submitted his nominating papers to challenge Foxx in the March Democratic primary.

Two Republicans are also vying to run against whoever wins the Democratic nomination. Christopher E. K. Pfannkuche, a prosecutor who ran in 2016, and former Cook County Judge Pat O’Brien, submitted their paperwork on Monday.

In Springfield, Appellate Justice Nathaniel Howse filed his petitions on Monday to run for the vacancy created by retired state Supreme Court Justice Charles Freeman. Howse joins seven who filed last week — including Justice P. Scott Neville Jr., who was appointed to replace Freeman and is now running for a full 10-year term.

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The others who filed last week for the seat on the state’s top court are appellate court justices Jesse Reyes, Margaret Stanton McBride, Cynthia Cobbs and Sheldon Harris and lawyers Daniel Epstein and Clint Krislov.

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Monday was the last day for state, county and most federal candidates seeking elected office in Illinois to file their petitions. Presidential candidates and delegates don’t file until January.

For the rest, a lottery to determine the first spots on the Cook County ballot will be held at 10 a.m. next Monday at the Cook County Clerk’s fifth floor office at 69 W. Washington. Anyone who was in line when the offices opened on the first day of filing last week gets a chance in the lottery.

Stroger, who lost his bid for re-election as County Board president to fellow Democrat Toni Preckwinkle in 2010, quietly filed his papers on Monday to run for a commissioner post on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.

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Not filing her nominating petitions was Judge Cara Smith, former policy chief for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, who was appointed to the bench earlier this year. Smith apparently opted not to seek a full term in the county’s 7th Subcircuit. She had been recommended for the vacancy by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, wife of embattled 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke.

Smith’s appointment sparked controversy, with some black aldermen and pastors accusing Burke of putting politics ahead of diversity.

In other county races, four candidates are vying to replace Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown, who decided not to seek reelection after 19 years in office. They are lawyer Jacob Meister, state Sen. Iris Martinez, former Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Michael Cabonargi.

Martinez is also running for 33rd Ward committeeperson in the Cook County Democratic Party. She faces incumbent Committeeperson Aaron Goldstein.

In other ward races, Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) and Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25^th), two freshmen aldermen first earlier this year, both filed their paperwork to join the county party’s ranks Monday. Also vying for the 40^th Ward committeeperson slot is Maggie O’Keefe, who came in fourth in the five-way aldermanic race.

Also running for committeeperson spots are 1st Ward Ald. Daniel La Spata, who ousted Ald. Proco “Joe”Moreno in February; James “Jim” Gardiner, who beat Ald. John Arena (45^th) in the February election and Ald. Felix Cardona Jr. (31^st), who would replace his ally, former Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, in the party position.

Cardona and Berrios did not respond to requests for comment.

Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) will face opposition in his bid to replace former state Rep. Luis Arroyo as the Democratic committeeperson in his Northwest Side ward. Villegas will face David M. Feller, who works for Dart, and Jacqueline Baez, a businesswoman.

Arroyo’s state House seat was filled last month. Democratic Party committeepeople chose Eva-Dina Delgado to replace Arroyo, who resigned in October after being charged with bribery. Unless a challenge is filed regarding Delgado’s appointment, she will serve until the term ends in January 2021. Delgado and three other candidates — Joaquin Vazquez, Nidia Carranza and ward committeeperson candidate Feller — all filed their petitions on Monday for the term that begins in January of 2021.

A separate filing period is in place for one vacant seat.

State Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Chicago, just submitted his letter of resignation last week. He has not been charged with wrongdoing, but his offices were raided by federal agents in September.

Once Sandoval’s resignation is official on Jan. 1, Democratic committeepeople for the 11th Senate District will have 30 days to name someone to fill Sandoval’s seat. That person will serve until the results of next year’s November general election are finalized in early December of 2020.

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The state Board of Elections will open a special filing period for candidates who want to run in the March primary to serve out Sandoval’s current term. That period begins Tuesday and runs through next Monday. Candidates need 1,000 to 3,000 signatures to get on the primary ballot.

State Rep. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, has said she’s considering running for Sandoval’s seat.

There are five candidates vying for State Sen. Toi Hutchinson’s seat in the 40th District. Hutchinson in September was tapped by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to oversee the state’s recreational cannabis program. Democratic Party leaders chose Patrick Joyce, the son of former state Sen. Jerry Joyce, as her replacement.

But four Democrats filed to challenge Joyce in the March primary — Lori Wilcox, Marta Perales, Monica M. Gordon and David E. Morgan. Republican Eric M. Wallace also filed his nomination papers to run for the office.

Anyone who filed for any spot on the ballot could still be knocked off before the March primary. Candidates may file objections to other candidates’ petitions. The last day to file an objection is Dec. 9.