Chicago is expected to – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker support your lieutenant colonel, Julian Stratton for Senate on Friday, only two days after the long-term Dick Durbin said he would not seek the sixth term.
Pritzker plans to announce – whose news shared in advance with the NBC News – on the Urban Neighborhood of Bronzeville, where Stratton grew up.
The substrate – which certainly includes financial resources from Pritzerter, billionaire – immediately raises Stratton’s profile in a race that is expected to draw a full field as the Durbin is seat in almost 30 years. The group could include at least two democratic members of the congress.
Pritzker, potential 2028 President’s hope, is historically not shy to touch their huge wealth to support their own campaigns, as well as democratic efforts across the country. It is armed with strong political work in the state, as well as the political muscle to raise the chance of Stratton.
“In the past six years, I had the privilege of working with Julian Stratton, one of Illinois’s fiercest fighters for work families. It has been a stable leader who leads from the site of integrity, pragmatism and dedication.” Pritzker said in the statement. “Julian’s lively experience made her passionate and compassionate advocate who can get great things. I’m proud to call her not only a partner in management, but right friend.”
Pritzker and Stratton entered the office in 2018. years after a bruising elections against the second candidate for free spending, then-gov. Bruce Rauner.
The two introduced themselves in popular changes in the state, including the protection of reproductive rights, raising the minimum wage and eliminating the country’s taxes on food.
Stratton became the first person on Thursday to launch his Senate campaign, only one day after Durbin, 80, he announced that he would not ask for a re-election next year. He said it was time for the next generation to lead the party.
2025-04-25 09:30:00
