Early voting has already begun in Illinois's Fifth Congressional District, so Chicagoist figured that with 25 candidates in the race to keep Rahm Emanuel's seat warm for him, we'd look at five each day all this week. more ›

Monday was the deadline for candidates to file paperwork to the Illinois State Board of Elections to run for Rahm Emanuel's seat in the 5th congressional district. There are 26 candidates now registered to compete in the March 6 primaries. Candidates who plan to run as an independent or with a non-established party in the April 7 general election must file by January 27. more ›

Ladies and gentlemen, start your campaign engines. Now that Rahm Emanuel has officially resigned his Fifth U.S. Congressional District seat, it's time to pick a new representative. Beleaguered Governor Rod Blagojevich has set March 3 as the date of the primary election and April 7 as the general election. Given all the interest expressed in the seat, we put the over/under on the final number of candidates at lucky 13. Because it is, after all, the seat once occupied by Blago. [Trib] more ›