Tim Johnson not running in 2012, sources say

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6. Dr Gill has been slammed hard by labor and Dem party higher ups.

He is seen as a candidate that "can't win" in part because he ran against Johnson in the old GOP drawn district and lost, in part because he refuses PAC money, and in part because he is so Progressive. Even Durbin endorsed Gill's Primary opponent* this year, along with several party chairs from outside the old district. The support for Gill was VERY strong among the people that know him and those that have seen his previous campaigns.

David is not a party insider, nor does he appear to be beholding to anybody except the voters.


Laura




*The Primary opponent stood in front of the Champaign County Dems and pledged his support to David--said he'd decided not to run. Within a few days that same guy announced he'd decided to run. This is the same guy that says he's a "Pro Choice Catholic that always chooses life" when he was asked his position on womens' right to choose. This is the same guy that refuses to discuss gay marriage.