Yes folks, today at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline for Vermont candidates to file financial reports covering the last 366 days. (Leap Year, ahem.) I stopped by the Secretary of State’s office around 1:30 to see what had been turned in so far. The answer: not much. Peter Shumlin, Phil Scott, Wendy Wilton, early filers among statewide candidates.

(I’m only looking at the statewide races, because the prospect of looking at all those Legislative candidates is just way too daunting. And I’ll concentrate on the topline. If anyone has specific questions about particular donors or anything, feel free to post ’em in the Comments. I will be picking up the rest of the reports today before the SoS closes.)

So, the big headline: Peter Shumlin is Mr. Moneybags. And on a hot sticky day like today, how better to cool off than to take a swim in your Big Vault O’Loot? Shumlin’s total: $just short of $680,000, including about 3K in in-kind contributions. That’s pretty damn awesome for a guy who isn’t quite officially (cough, cough, choke) running for re-election.

Add to that, a surplus of $26K from 2010 (waste not, want not). Subtract total uncampaign expenditures of $77K (wow, it’s expensive to not run for office). Grand total on hand, in the bank: $625,130.02.

Hmm. Randy Brock’s $40,000 “money bomb” is looking more like a defective sparkler. We’ll have his total later today.

After the jump: Wendy Wilton and Phil Scott. Can’t you just hardly wait?

The other toplines: Wendy Wilton, Republican candidate for Treasurer, raised $15,970 and spent just under 5K. Not a great start for someone aspiring to be Keeper of the Public Purse. About half her cash came from seven big donors: 2K each from Joyce Errecart of Shelburne and Richard and Jody Wilcox of Mendon, and 1K each from Ralph Colin, Jr. of Manchester Center, Bog and Judi Sherman of Leicester, and Gene Richards/Spruce Mortgage of Burlington.

(No word yet on Dem incumbent Beth Pearce.)

And the People’s Cheerce, Phil Scott, is doin’ his grass-roots thing. Raised a total of $31,408, including 4K in in-kind contributions. Spent less than 4K. No word yet from Cass Gekas.

Nothing so far on Auditor, AG, US Senate or Congress. More news as it becomes available. Stay tuned!