David Gill (politician)
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David Gill (born December 25, 1959) is an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Illinois. A Democrat, Gill ran in 2004 for the U.S. House of Representatives against incumbent Republican Timothy V. Johnson for the Illinois's 15th congressional district and garnered 39% of the vote, and again in 2006, garnering 42% of the vote.
Gill attended both undergraduate and medical school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been practicing medicine for the past 25 years. He works as the medical director of the emergency room at John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Illinois. He volunteers as a substitute teacher at Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois, and as a youth sports coach in Clinton. Gill also runs a men's social club at the DeWitt County Nursing Home and donates blood every two months.
David Gill has been married to his wife, Polly Wright-Gill, for 18 years. They have three children.
