If you want something done, they say, give the task to a busy person. Republican precinct committeepeople in Champaign County followed that adage last month when they gave the task
No Democrat was listed on the March 19 primary ballot as a candidate in the 15th Congressional District, although Kevin Gaither of Charleston ran a last-minute write-in campaign.
Twenty-one members of the public — from county residents to former elected officials, and including candidates for Champaign County coroner and coroners from other counties — weighed in.