据决策台总部（DDHQ）预测，民主党人、伊利诺伊州副州长朱莉安娜·斯特拉顿将赢得该州参议院选举。
Democrat Juliana Stratton, the lieutenant governor of Illinois, is projected to win the state’s Senate race, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
斯特拉顿此前普遍被认为能够赢得这个稳固的民主党席位，该席位因资深参议员迪克·杜宾（D）退休而空缺。她将成为第六位当选参议员的黑人女性。
Stratton was generally expected to win the safe Democratic seat, which is open as longtime Sen. Dick Durbin (D) is retiring. She will become the sixth Black woman to be elected to the Senate.
斯特拉顿在三月份的一场激烈初选中脱颖而出，得到了州长JB·普利兹克（D）的帮助，普利兹克向斯特拉顿的政治行动委员会（PAC）捐款1000万美元。她的胜利也是普利兹克的胜利，因为普利兹克正在谋划自己的政治未来以及可能的总统竞选。
Stratton emerged from a bruising primary in March with help from Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who contributed $10 million to Stratton’s political action committee (PAC). Her victory is a win for Pritzker, too, as he plots his political future and potential run for president.
61岁的斯特拉顿自2019年起一直担任普利兹克的副州长。此前，她曾担任芝加哥地区一个选区的州议员，任期一届。
Stratton, 61, has been the lieutenant governor alongside Pritzker since 2019. Previously, she was a state legislator from a Chicago-area district for one term.
担任副州长期间，她将早期儿童教育、生殖健康保健和刑事司法改革等问题列为优先事项。她最初从事律师职业，后来在芝加哥的刑事司法相关地方组织工作。
As lieutenant governor, she has prioritized early childhood education, reproductive health care and criminal justice reform, among other issues. She began her career as a lawyer and later worked in criminal justice-related local organizations in Chicago.
斯特拉顿是今年参议院选举中相对进步的民主党候选人之一。她支持全民医保、取消移民与海关执法局（ICE）以及将最低工资提高到25美元。
Stratton is among the more progressive Democratic candidates for Senate this year. She supports Medicare for All, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a $25 minimum wage.
她表示，如果当选，她不会支持纽约州参议员查克·舒默（D-N.Y.）担任民主党领袖，并承诺在参议院竞选中不接受企业政治行动委员会的资金。
She has said she will not support Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for Democratic leader if elected and also pledged to take no corporate PAC money in her Senate race.
她获得了几位民主党参议员的背书，包括杜宾、她即将成为的代表团搭档、伊利诺伊州参议员塔米·达克沃思（D-Ill.）、马里兰州参议员安吉拉·阿尔索布鲁克斯（D-Md.）、威斯康星州参议员塔米·鲍德温（D-Wisc.）、马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（D-Mass.）以及即将退休的明尼苏达州参议员蒂娜·史密斯（D-Minn.）。
She had endorsements from several fellow Democratic senators, including Durbin, her soon-to-be delegation partner, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.).
共和党候选人唐·特雷西缺乏全国共和党人的大力支持，后者专注于竞争激烈的选举和保护共和党现任议员。特雷西的竞选活动主要靠自筹资金。
Don Tracy, the Republican candidate, did not have much backing from national Republicans, who were focused on competitive races and protecting Republican incumbents. Tracy mostly self-funded his campaign.