Juliana Stratton

Juliana Stratton
Stratton in 2023
48th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
Assumed office
January 14, 2019
GovernorJB Pritzker
Preceded byEvelyn Sanguinetti
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 5th district
In office
January 11, 2017 – January 2, 2019
Preceded byKenneth Dunkin
Succeeded byLamont Robinson
Personal details
Born
Juliana Wiggins

(1965-09-08) September 8, 1965 (age 59)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children4
Education

Juliana Stratton (née Wiggins; born September 8, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 48th lieutenant governor of Illinois since 2019. She won the 2018 and 2022 elections for the office on a ticket with JB Pritzker. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. She is the first African-American woman and fourth woman overall to become Illinois's lieutenant governor.[1][a]

She is a candidate in the Democratic primary for the 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois.[2]

  1. ^ "Rhodes Scholar Antonio Delgado is Headed to Congress • EBONY". EBONY. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Sfondeles, Tina (April 24, 2025). "Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton becomes first major Democrat to launch Senate bid to replace Durbin". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 24, 2025.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).


© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search