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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88390, member: 27"]
A deep-blue Senate seat just cracked open a path for three Black women to sit in the chamber simultaneously, which is a first ever.

Stratton's big win in Illinois
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[*]Juliana Stratton crushed a three-way Democratic primary.
[*]Pritzker's super PAC dumped $12M backing her.
[*]She'd join Alsobrooks and Blunt Rochester in November.
[*]Stratton replaces the retiring Richard J. Durbin.
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Crypto and AIPAC burned cash for nothing
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[*]Crypto groups torched $10M on Krishnamoorthi's flop.
[*]AIPAC funneled $20M across four House races.
[*]Sneaky PAC names hid where the money originated.
[*]Split results handed them two wins, two losses.
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The Ninth District fight got wild
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[*]AIPAC dropped $4.4M on Laura Fine, who tanked.
[*]Daniel Biss took the seat despite heavy opposition.
[*]Kat Abughazaleh, an outspoken Israel critic, grabbed second.
[*]One PAC boosted a fourth candidate as sabotage.
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Progressives mostly ate dirt on Tuesday
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[*]Only Biss survived from the four endorsed candidates.
[*]Justice Democrats went zero for two overall.
[*]Bernie Sanders's two picks both lost badly.
[*]Elizabeth Warren backed two winners, though.
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Race identity and outside cash drove everything
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[*]Crypto allies ran late Black radio ads against Stratton.
[*]Krishnamoorthi sat on a $20M war chest uselessly.
[*]Bean's moderate win revives the Blue Dog wing.
[*]Governor Pritzker flexed as the night's real kingmaker.
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