IL-13: Gill leads by 9

[Lief 🗽]

To be fair this is an internal poll, and the equivalent poll for the GOP is Davis (R) 43, Gill (D) 39, Hartman (I) 10, undecided 8. The DCCC poll doesn't seem to reflect the independent candidate, and in any case doesn't report it. With all the heavy negative advertising in this race, an unusually large I vote is possible. That happened with the Green vote in the 2006 IL Gov race.

On the other hand, inflating the independent vote so the race looks closer than it is a common internal poll tactic.