Top ballot placement is most helpful in races with a long list of candidates. Seven are vying for the party nomination in the Democratic gubernatorial contest, and eight in the attorney general's race. In the race for governor, J.B. Pritzker takes the first spot, followed by businessman Chris Kennedy and state Sen. Daniel Biss, D Evanston. Corrections officer Terry Getz, Madison County Schools Supt. Bob Daiber, former CeaseFire director Tio Hardiman and Robert Marshall, a Burr Ridge doctor, round out the list. Tina Sfondeles reports. almost 7 years in Sun Times