I believe he buddied up with a racist reverend and a powerful, evil political hack whose family is cancer.
I do agree with your statement though that he is the best IL could hope for. But that is more telling about IL and its political soul.
And yes I am ripping on IL, but I also realize that any state can or will fall like IL, no matter how conservative. The disease just spreads and knows no boundaries.
Politics won’t save us and we are foolish to think so...