1.   As midterm elections get underway, the number of female candidates appears to be down slightly compared to four years ago, although some filing deadlines are ahead.

2.   Asylum-seekers would not be detained while their claims are considered, and a one-year filing deadline to seek asylum would be eliminated.

3.   Bar unopposed judicial candidates from raising campaign contributions after the filing deadline.

4.   Because they missed the filing deadline in Pennsylvania, they sued in Mississippi, which has a longer statute of limitations.

5.   A federal judge closed the case in February after lawyers for the woman did not meet filing deadlines.

6.   Brown released the campaign finance report ahead of the Monday filing deadline, while a handful of prominent Democrats ponder mayoral bids of their own.

7.   But as the filing deadline neared and no one else came forward, Ashcroft decided to put his name on the ballot and make it a race.

8.   But one member won overwhelming approval to submit a bill well past the filing deadline, perhaps because of its unusual nature.

9.   But some will be open for only a few hours during the last days before the filing deadline.

10.   But then the Republicans postponed the primary for three weeks, thus postponing the filing deadline for candidates.