Juliana Stratton wins Illinois Democratic Senate primary race

The progressive candidate was behind Krishnamoorthi until she got an infusion of cash from Governor Pritzker

Illinois lieutenant governor Juliana Stratton won the Democratic primary race to succeed Illinois’ US senator Dick Durbin, beating out US representative Raja Krishnamoorthi.

With nearly 90% of the vote tallied, Stratton was leading Krishnamoorthi by more than six percentage points on Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press.