Back in 2009 when Joe the Plumber told Time that he had disavowed the Republican Party forever, former 1115 contributor Sarabeth predicted that he would “know better than to bite the hand that feeds him” and eventually return to the GOP. Little could she have predicted that he would come back in such a big way: Filing candicacy papers to run as a Republican for congress.

From Capital New York:

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe the Plumber,” has formed a congressional campaign committee and filed a statement of candicacy, according to the Federal Election Commission’s website.

The filing for “Joe for Congress 2012” was just submitted on Friday, and the scanned file does not yet appear on the FEC’s site, and went without notice, to my knowledge, until a couple of hours ago.

The statement of candidacy isn’t online yet, but it lists Wurzelbacher in Ohio’s Ninth District, which has been held by Democrat Marcia Kaptur since 1983. Wurzelbacher floated the idea he might challenge Kaptur in 2010, and there have been rumors recently that he might consider a run.

15,000 minutes of fame now ticks up to 15,001 minutes of fame…