From U.S. Democratic Primary candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi:
Raja Holds Commanding, Expanding Lead in Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi continues to dominate the field in the Democratic primary election for U.S. Senate, moving above 40 percent in a recent survey of likely voters.
Raja’s lead is wide and expanding, as we rapidly move towards early voting in the coming weeks.
Raja currently wins 41 percent of the vote, far ahead of Lieutenant Governor Julianna Stratton (16 percent) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (15 percent), who are statistically tied for second place. Since August, Raja has increased his margin over Stratton by 5 points.
- Krishnamoorthi 41%
- Stratton 16%
- Kelly 15%
- Undecided 29%
In addition to his overall strength, Raja’s coalition is quite broad and he currently leads in every region of the state and among White, Black, and Latino voters.
He is winning particularly large shares of the vote among critical high turnout blocs of voters, including seniors (58 percent), voters in suburban Chicago (50 percent), and voters who have voted in all three of the most recent Democratic primaries (46 percent).
With a broad coalition of likely voters that continues to grow and stick with him over an extended period of time, Raja enters the home stretch extremely well positioned to secure the nomination on March 17th.
