CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats have a rare opportunity to help send a Black woman to the Senate this year — though it’s an opportunity that may be blocked by a splintering electorate and competing political loyalties.
Three leading Democrats are running in Tuesday’s primary to fill the seat that will be vacant when Sen. Dick Durbin steps down after serving almost three decades in the upper chamber: Rep. Robin Kelly, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
Kelly and Stratton, both Black women, have deep ties to the state’s Black community. At the same time, Kelly is backed by the influential Congressional Black Caucus while…
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