Candidates for office formally began filing today (they have until next Friday, May 16, to officially declare). Not too many surprises, but here’s a quick rundown of what we know so far:

• U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley has her hands full with Edward “Mr. Clean” Hamilton. Yes, there are three other GOP candidates in her race, but c’mon: Mr. Clean? Dude is going to … you see this coming right? … clean up.
• Veteran Southern Nevada state Sens. Valerie Wiener and Bob Beers filed on opening day. Beers, who will get the female vote thanks to bearing an eerie resemblance to a certain local blogificator, accompanied his filing with a statement that said, modestly, he’s “regarded as perhaps the strongest advocate for Nevada’s families and taxpayers.” Also, he hates taxes.
• Steve Nathan didn’t get the anointment memo and decided to challenge Assemblyman David Parks in the primary for Dina Titus’s old state Senate seat.
• John Hambrick, who was wise enough to get out of the chairmanship of the Clark County Republican Party, filed on the first day for Garn Mabey’s old Assembly seat.
• Plenty of incumbent Assembly members filed on Day 1, including Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Harvey Munford, Morse Arberry, Tick Segerblom, Joe Hogan, Ruben Kiuhen, Ellen Koivisto, John Oceguera, Kelvin Atkinson, Jerry Claborn, Dr. Joe Hardy, Bob Beers, Lynn Stewart, Mo Denis and Harry Mortenson.
• Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins signed up for office on the first day (we hope he parked in the right place this time!) and Las Vegas Councilman Larry Brown made it official: He wants to move offices to the Government Center.
• She may want the state Supreme Court to take her race off the ballot, but suspended District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson nonetheless filed to fill the seat that she hasn’t been filling for the last few months.
• Family Court Judge Nick Del Vecchio isn’t letting a little thing like sexual harassment get him down; he filed, too.
• Here comes the judge? Mayoral son Eric Goodman is officially vying for Las Vegas Justice of the Peace in Department 11.
• Former judge, former attorney general candidate and PISTOL whipper Don Chairez is running again for state Supreme Court.
• Dean Heller, whom we established earlier today is a congressman, has filed to retain that seat.
• Oh, and in case you forgot, Southern Nevada blog readers, there is an entire state north of Ann Road! And in that part of the state, the dean of the state Senate, Bill Raggio, has filed for yet another term, thus ending the perennial speculation that he won’t run again.
• Also up north, Assembly incumbents David Bobzien, Ty Cobb, Jr., Sheila Leslie and Bernie Anderson filed for re-election.