An emergency room doctor in Bloomington IL, David Gill is a vigorous advocate for Single-Payer (Medicare for All), economic justice, an early opponent of the Iraq war, and a strong and consistent advocate for labor and women's reproductive rights. He refuses money from large corporate donors.

Dr. Gill can Win!  When he ran in 2010, the district was heavily Republican. It joined the national right-wing electoral wave that swept dozens of Tea Party members into Congress.  But the new 13th district has been redrawn to lean Democratic.  Recently, the Macon county Democratic Party (Decatur) voted unanimously to support Dr. Gill.

ISSUES:   

• Standing up to cuts and protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
  
• Refocusing our priorities on American jobs and innovation in business
  
• Working tirelessly to bring good-paying jobs to Illinois through sustainable energy policy
  
• Strengthening and extending Medicare to all American citizens
  Preserving collective bargaining rights for public and private sector working people
  
• Advocating for an equitable justice system and protecting equal rights for all Americans
  
• Providing for our future through fully funded schools and universities
  
• Making sure our troops have what they need while they serve and are housed, working, and have access to quality health care when they return
  
• Helping to preserve Illinois’ family farms through fair trade and sustainable energy policies
  
• Supporting term limits for all elected federal office-holders
• Fighting corporate welfare and institutionalized corruption in our politics
  
• Supporting women's health issues and options, David Gill is the only 100% pro-choice candidate in the race for IL-13
  
• Opposing unilateral military interventions and investing that money in America instead
  
• Supporting Second Amendment rights

Endorsements: 

• Southern Illinois People for Progress (PDA Chapter)
• Macon County Democratic Central Committee (unanimous endorsement)
• Christian County Board Vice-Chairman Paul Schmitz, Pana Christian County Board member Dick Breckenridge, Taylorville
• City of Decatur Committeemen Gary Brennan, Bob Brilley, Mike Irwin, Donna Lindemulder, Bobbie Mann,  Dana Miller, Gary Minich, Vicki Sheets, Susan O'Neal,

• Other Macon County Committeemen: Marcy Rood Werpy, Ed Woker, Lori Hilliard,  Mike Spent,
• Barbara Dennis, former legislative aide to State Senator Arthur Berman and State Senator Esther Saperstein, Bloomington
• Eric Freyfogle, UIUC professor of law and environmentalist, Urbana
• Democratic Advancement Political Action Committee
• Progressive Democrats of America-Illinois

Bio:  Born into a family of modest means, I assumed personal responsibility at an early age. When I was 13, I took a job as a bus boy and dishwasher shortly after my father passed away. I worked my way through college and medical school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Since 1988, I have served both rural and urban communities across Central Illinois, first as a family practice doctor and then in emergency departments.