A Bloomington doctor running for Congress has successfully sued to keep his name on the ballot.
David Gill is running as an independent, and failed to file the number of valid signatures required by Illinois law.
He went to court because the signature requirement is much higher for independents than it is for Democrats and Republicans.
He explained his position after a hearing Wednesday in Springfield.
“The whole thing’s unconstitutional. Read your Constitution. You’ve got to be 25 years of age. You’ve got to be a citizen for seven years. You have to live in the state in which you run. Three things. There’s nothing about signatures," Gill said.
Thursday, a federal judge ruled Gill should remain on the ballot.
Gill is running in the 13th Congressional district, which stretches from the Mississippi River through Springfield, Bloomington, and Champaign.
The incumbent is Republican Congressman Rodney Davis of Taylorville, who’s running along with Democrat Mark Wicklund of Decatur.
