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Bloomington physician David Gill will run again for IL-13 Dem nomination in '18. Wants to challenge Rep. @RodneyDavis. Gill's 6th attempt.
— tom kacich (@tkacich) March 7, 2017
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:34 am
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Hooray! I was just saying today that my time isn’t wasted enough.
Comment by Arsenal Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:36 am
This is it. This is the one. I can feel it.
Comment by QCLib Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:41 am
please make it stop
Comment by Dozer Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:42 am
Which time is the charm?
Comment by Blue Bayou Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:43 am
Anyone can run.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:43 am
Try, try^5 again.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:43 am
Hoooray!
Comment by Dooooode Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:43 am
Davis—–The end is near!
Comment by Red Rider Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:43 am
When at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. He did get more votes against Davis than either Wicklund or Callis though.
Comment by OurMagician Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:44 am
If serving in Congress turns out to be anything less than the greatest personal experience in recorded human history one of these days he’s going to actually get elected and find out he’s wasted his life chasing this white whale.
Comment by The Captain Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:44 am
Davis can hang his hat on Gill for getting elected to the open seat in ‘12 (which was the real chance for Ds to take the seat) and would easily add another hat to the Gill rack in ‘18. Give it up, Doc.
Comment by Gonzo Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:45 am
Compared to Ann Callis he’s a ray of sunshine.
Comment by Collinsville Kevin Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:46 am
What do you call someone who is now beyond a perennial candidate?
Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:47 am
I think we’ve found a use for term limits. 3 strikes in same race and you’re out?
Comment by Robert the Bruce Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:49 am
Dude, even Pat Quinn has realized enough’s enough. Time to face facts. They don’t like you and aren’t going to.
Comment by Chicago Cynic Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:53 am
Ron Burgundy - “What do you call someone who is now beyond a perennial candidate?”
Maybe a “terminal” candidate would be the proper diagnosis?
Comment by Gonzo Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:53 am
Whose his political director….Lar Daley?
Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:54 am
Alright, listen up, ladies and gentlemen, our candidate has been running for 10 years. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six hundred miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive’s name is Dr. David Gill. Go get him.
Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:56 am
==What do you call someone who is now beyond a perennial candidate?==
I’d say Jim Oberweiss or Pat Quinn, but they’ve occasionally won. A Sheila Simon or Andy Martin?
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 9:58 am
“David Gill” is Downstate speak for “Dan Seals”
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:03 am
Did Anthony Robert Martin-Trigona do another name change?
Comment by Bigtwich Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:04 am
How many times did Oberweis run before he won?
Comment by Benita Butrell Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:07 am
You think Rodney Davis smiles every time this announcment is made? Perhaps Gill is on his payroll
Comment by Great news Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:10 am
===How many times did Oberweis run before he won? ==
He didn’t run for the same office six times.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:10 am
Physician, heel thyself.
Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:14 am
Primaries are good in they help vet candidates before a general election (although I wish Illinois would become a top 2 state). Give Gill this, he was actually the closest at beating Davis and probably would have done so without an Independent candidate in that election.
Said in another way, Gill has done way better than any DNC candidate.
Comment by Ahoy! Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:15 am
Gill performed better than others because he was only one running against a non-incumbent Davis.
Comment by Because Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:22 am
Gill me a break.
Comment by Stark Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:25 am
Well, what did he learn from the previous five attempts? Anything? What’s he going to do differently this time that will change the outcome?
Anyone can throw away their life savings on one or more tilts at public office. But they have a saying, about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, for a reason.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:37 am
He did better than any other candidate has against Davis, and collected over 10,000 signatures last year with a skeleton crew staff in a year that wasn’t great for progressives. Maybe he shouldn’t run but that’s what primaries are for if any other dem is up for the challenge. I’m sure barely losing to Rodney still eats at him. Maybe he can pull it off in an anti-Trump wave.
Comment by PoliSciMajor Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 10:57 am
Fake news is what Kacich’s tweet is.
Gill only ran one time for Congress in IL-13 in 2012, finishing a mere 0.3% behind Davis. The
only other times he ran for Congress, Gill ran in a different overwhelmingly GOP District against long time incumbent, Tim Johnson.
Thus, to paint Gill as a perennial candidate, running for the 6th time for the same office only lends credence to those who say the main steam press publishes “fake news.” I’m sure
Kacich and all the anti-Gill posters were among
those brilliant prognosticators who said no way, no chance Trump can win the Presidency!
Comment by Johnny Justice Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 11:42 am
Loser
Loser
Loser
Loser
This time yur not geddin’ away, Wabbit!
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 12:10 pm
Is this a new North American record?
Comment by Keyser Soze Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 12:13 pm
GO AWAY!
Comment by Precinct Captain Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 12:41 pm
I realize he gets killed here as some nutbar loony, but I can say with 100% sincerity, he’s the only candidate I’ve ever campaigned for who I felt both had a legitimate shot of winning and who I agreed with on almost every issue. I was proud of the campaign he (we) ran in 2012 and would gladly campaign for him again if I still lived in his district.
Comment by JohnnyPyleDriver Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 1:18 pm
I’ll second that, JohnnyPyleDriver. David Gill performed way better than any of the Democratic establishment candidates who’ve run for that seat. Gill would have beat Davis in 2012 if the establishment hadn’t sold him down the river because he dared challenge (and crush) an utterly mediocre Durbin/AFL-CIO hack in the primary. David is extremely popular with voters; they love his authenticity, they love that he’s not an establishment politician, and they love that he’s an unapologetic economic populist. David Gill is the only person who will ever stand a chance of winning that congressional seat as a Democrat.
Comment by NotForSale Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 3:13 pm
I don’t understand the disdain for David Gill. He’s done a lot better than the DCCC’s Ann Callis or Jim Underwood’s candidate Mark Wicklund. He beat Matt Goetten and came within a point of beating Davis. Other than him, the Democrats’ efforts in 13 have been a joke. Maybe they should be serious about beating Davis before they criticize the one guy who came really close to doing it.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 3:18 pm
The commentators saying Gill can’t win are the same ones who said there’s no way Hillary can lose!
Comment by Johnny Justice Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 3:26 pm
Dr. Gill is a nice man, but he needs to take up a new hobby.
Comment by olddog Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 5:32 pm
It worked for Vincent LaGuardia Gambini.
Comment by Worth It Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 5:48 pm
Central Illinois’ own Harold Stassen!
Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Mar 7, 17 @ 6:24 pm