Since Carol Ammons announced that she would no longer seek Rodney Davis’ seat in IL-13, there has not been a candidate from Champaign County who has thrown their hat into the 2018 race. Today, that changed with an announcement from Jonathan Ebel of Urbana.
Ebel, who is a Navy veteran and a professor at the University of Illinois, is the fifth Democrat from IL-13 to announce a run against Rodney “Hot Rod” Davis.
For more information, check out Ebel’s campaign Facebook page here, and read The News-Gazette‘s profile on him here.