Juliana Stratton wins Illinois Senate Democratic primary election race

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic Senate primary in Illinois, NBC News projects, vaulting ahead of two members of Congress with a boost from Gov.

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic Senate primary in Illinois, NBC News projects, vaulting ahead of two members of Congress with a boost from Gov. JB Pritzker in the expensive race.

Stratton defeated Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, taking aim at members of her party in Washington, D.C., for not standing up to President Donald Trump.

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Stratton was leading vote-rich Cook County with 40% to Krishnamoorthi's 29% and Kelly's 23%, with around 80% of the expected vote in. Stratton, a South Side native, was defeating Krishnamoorthi by 20 points in the city of Chicago, and they were tied in the Chicago suburbs.

If she is elected, Stratton would become the sixth Black woman to serve in the Senate. And it would be the first time three Black women served in the Senate at the same time.