Anonymous16 days ago
Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton won the Democratic Senate primary on March 17, defeating Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Rep. Robin Kelly despite being massively outspent, with crypto PACs and Krishnamoorthi's $30 million war chest unable to overcome Governor JB Pritzker's institutional support. The victory positions Stratton to become just the sixth Black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, while the broader Illinois primary — flooded with over $50 million in outside spending from crypto, AIPAC, and AI industry groups — became a testing ground for the limits of big money in Democratic primaries.