Hundreds of candidates were in line Monday enjoying moderate temperatures in the 40s and sunshine outside the State Board of Elections as an every-two-year event was repeated with the 8 a.m. start of filing for next year’s elections.

 

The filings mark a formal beginning to a 2018 election season in Illinois that could see record spending in the race for governor. Filing for offices -- including members of Congress, state constitutional officers and legislators, as well as judges -- runs through next Monday.

 

Leading the line Monday was a group from the Democratic Party of Illinois with petitions for various candidates.

 

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