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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88394, member: 27"] A billionaire governor's wallet and political machine dragged an underfunded ally to a Senate nomination over rivals who had way more cash and name recognition. Pritzker basically ran Stratton's campaign [LIST] [*]JB Pritzker bankrolled the vast majority of her ads. [*]His super PAC's closing spot featured him more than Stratton. [*]They campaigned together across Chicago in the final weeks. [*]David Axelrod called Stratton a political creation of Pritzker's. [/LIST] Stratton ran hard left on her platform [LIST] [*]Juliana Stratton pushed for a $25-per-hour minimum wage. [*]She called for abolishing ICE outright. [*]Retaining Chuck Schumer as Senate leader got a firm no. [*]One TV ad featured Illinoisans colorfully cursing Trump. [/LIST] Rivals threw serious money and still lost [LIST] [*]Krishnamoorthi's $20M head start meant absolutely nothing. [*]Crypto-backed Fairshake blasted $10M in attack ads at her. [*]Indian American Impact spent $1M splitting Black-neighborhood votes. [*]Robin Kelly jabbed Pritzker's outsized financial influence publicly. [/LIST] Presidential ambitions lurk behind all of this [LIST] [*]Pritzker is widely viewed as eyeing a 2028 run. [*]Stratton could become a crucial surrogate with Black voters. [*]Her win hands him a major nationwide bragging point. [*]Angela Alsobrooks was the sole out-of-state Black endorser. [/LIST] Stratton's thin political profile before this race [LIST] [*]She entered with less name recognition than both rivals. [*]Her last solo ballot appearance was back in 2016. [*]Small-dollar donors never warmed to her campaign at all. [*]Pat Quinn said the whole bid rode on Pritzker's name. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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