Juliana Stratton
Democratic
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois since 2019; Illinois state representative from 2017 to 2019
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U.S. Senate · Nov 3, 2026
Open seat. Held by Dick Durbin, who is not running.
Open seat: Sen. Dick Durbin, in office since 1997, is not seeking reelection.
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois since 2019; Illinois state representative from 2017 to 2019
Springfield attorney; chairman of the Illinois Republican Party from 2021 to 2024 and former chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board
Chicago pastor since 2013 and former banking and insurance professional
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DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports Medicare for All; cites relieving medical debt for Illinois families as lieutenant governor.
RepublicanDon Tracy
Supports health care price transparency, more competition, and reforms to reduce insurance premiums and prescription drug costs.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
Supports expanding Direct Primary Care by forgiving student loans for doctors who open such clinics and offering grants and loans to help them open and stay open.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
RepublicanDon Tracy
Supports stronger border security, enforcing immigration laws and an orderly legal immigration system; opposes taxpayer-funded benefits for people in the country illegally.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
Supports securing the border according to each sector's needs, deporting criminals, preventing family separation, and making legal immigration easier than illegal entry.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports a tax cut for the middle class paid for by a tax increase on people making more than $1 million a year.
“Passing a Tax Cut for the Middle Class, Paid for with a Tax Increase on those Making More than a Million Dollars a Year”
RepublicanDon Tracy
Supports lowering taxes and cutting federal spending, which he says would reduce inflation.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
No published position found.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports restoring the Department of Education and expanding federal support for trades learning and technical schools.
RepublicanDon Tracy
No published position found.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
Supports making the first year of community college free and providing teachers a free daily meal, paid for by redirecting part of the Department of Education's budget.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
No published position found.
RepublicanDon Tracy
Supports an all-of-the-above energy approach that uses available energy sources, protects reliability and energy independence, and lowers household costs.
“Support a reasonable energy policy that uses available energy sources, protects reliability, and reduces household costs.”
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
Supports expanding domestic oil and gas production now while investing in renewable energy for the future.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
No published position found.
RepublicanDon Tracy
Supports removing barriers that make it harder to build affordable homes.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
Says he would introduce legislation requiring banks to offer small mortgages, such as for homes under $100,000, with incentives such as rolling the commission into the loan.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports ending the Trump administration's tariffs, which she calls a trade war and a tax on working families.
RepublicanDon Tracy
No published position found.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
No published position found.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour; cites raising Illinois's minimum wage as lieutenant governor.
RepublicanDon Tracy
No published position found.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
No published position found.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and does not accept corporate PAC money in this race.
RepublicanDon Tracy
No published position found.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
No published position found.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
Supports restoring the abortion protections of Roe v. Wade.
RepublicanDon Tracy
No published position found.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
No published position found.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
No published position found.
RepublicanDon Tracy
Supports law enforcement and holding violent criminals accountable.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
No published position found.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
No published position found.
RepublicanDon Tracy
Supports cutting regulations on small businesses, manufacturers and farmers and a level playing field for Illinois manufacturing and agriculture.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
No published position found.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
No published position found.
RepublicanDon Tracy
No published position found.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
Supports redirecting a portion of defense spending, which he puts at 10 to 20 percent, toward U.S. bases, infrastructure and strategic stockpiles, and requiring a clear mission, cost and exit plan voted on by Congress before troops deploy.
DemocraticJuliana Stratton
No published position found.
RepublicanDon Tracy
No published position found.
American Center PartyWhitfield Harrington Jr.
Supports consecutive term limits for members of Congress, filibuster reform, and a Cabinet-level department to recover money lost to fraud.