In the interest of keeping up with the fast-moving events of the 10th Congressional District special election, here is a round-up of what caught my attention today. (Sidenote: I’ll post round-ups between now and Sept. 1 as warranted. You can also find the latest list and links to the declared candidates and/or those who have filed for the seat at the bottom of this post.)

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Would-be Congressional candidates have until July 20 at 5 p.m. to complete their paperwork and pay the $1,740 filing fee, according to the special primary election schedule put out by election officials today. Click here for relevant documents provided by the Contra Costa Election Division.

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The Central Labor Council of Alameda County endorsed both state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, and Democratic Lt. Governor John Garamendi for the 10th District. The two men have been competing for labor endorsements but Alameda County union leaders must have decided they did not want to make either of these pro-labor elected officials mad.

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Democrat Anthony Woods of Fairfield claims to have raised more than $100,000 from 800 donors in the past three months, while Garamendi’s campaign says he has collected $300,000 from 350 donors. We’ll have to take their word for it … for now. The numbers came from the campaigns of the two candidates who opted to put their own spins on their fundraising prowess prior to the July 15 Federal Election Commission deadline in the first major campaign finance reports of this campaign.

I will collect the official FEC campaign finance numbers for all the candidates after the deadline and make contrasts and comparisons when I have the official documents in my hands. The FEC will also require additional reports leading up to the election but it has not yet posted the schedule on its web site.

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I was given a copy this morning of a flier for a July 11 event in Lafayette where author Marianne Williamson is scheduled to speak about her potential run for Congress in the 10th District.

I’m told that Williamson is a very famous person although I confess I have never heard of her. (That doesn’t mean much, though. I’m a poor student of popular culture.) Per her web site, she is a spiritual teacher, author of numerous New York Times bestselling books and appears regularly on Oprah, which probably means she is more famous than any of the other candidates.

It’s unclear where she lives or if she is serious about running for office.

In any event, I can’t attend the “Conversation with Marianne Williamson,” which will be held at 1 p.m. at the Lafayette Christian Church, 584 Glenside Drive in Lafayette. If you go, let me know what you think of her.

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THE DECLARED CANDIDATES AND/OR THOSE WHO HAVE FILED AS OF MID-DAY TUESDAY ARE…

DEMOCRATS

Tiffany Attwood of Danville – http://www.attwood4congress.com/

Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan of Alamo – http://www.joanbuchanan.com/

State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier of Concord – http://www.markdesaulnierforcongress.com/

Lt. Governor John Garamendi of Walnut Grove – http://www.garamendi.org/

Adriel Hampton of Dublin – http://adrielhampton.com/

Anthony Woods of Fairfield – http://www.anthonywoodsforcongress.com/home.html

REPUBLICANS

David Harmer of Dougherty Valley – http://www.harmerforcongress.com/

David Peterson of Walnut Creek – peterson4congress@astound.net

John Toth of Pleasant Hill

Chris Bunch of Fairfield – http://www.bunch4congress.com/_/Welcome.html (added 7/8/09)

GREEN PARTY

Jeremy Cloward of Pleasanton Hill – jeremy@jeremycloward.com

PEACE AND FREEDOM

Mary McIlroy of El Cerrito -  mcmcilroy2002@yahoo.com

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT

Jerome Denham of Walnut Creek – jdenham@earthlink.net

NON-PARTISAN

Gino Van Gundy of Fairfield – http://www.ginovangundy.com/