Stratton was declared winner immediately when the polls closed.

El enérgico mensaje de Juliana Stratton contra el presidente Trump la ayudó a conseguir una contundente victoria sobre el republicano Don Tracy por el escaño abierto en el Senado para reemplazar al senador Dick Durbin. La Associated Press declaró a Stratton ganadora cuando las urnas cerraron a las 7 p.m. Stratton, de…

More than 30 years ago, then-Illinois state Rep. Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate in a watershed year for women candidates. This year, another woman from Illinois — Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton — made history again. Her win makes her the fifth Black woman ever elected to the […]

Self-described “fighter” Juliana Stratton is hoping to bring a new progressive voice to the U.S. Senate as she tries to take the reins from U.S Sen. Dick Durbin in a battle against former Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy. There is plenty of daylight between the two candidates — which was on full display…