DDHQ · called Nov. 3, 7 p.m. CST; returns updated Nov. 4, 3:56 a.m. CST, 91% reported. AP · winner and historic milestone, report updated Nov. 4, 3:02 a.m. CST. National Senate geographic dashboard: verified calls Nov. 4, 2:43 a.m. CST; U.S. Census state boundaries, two seat bands per state. Blue Democratic, red Republican, gold Independents, gray uncalled; stripes mark called flips.
Democrat Juliana Stratton defeated Republican Don Tracy in Illinois’s U.S. Senate race, according to the Associated Press. The lieutenant governor will succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, keeping the seat in Democratic hands.
Decision Desk HQ’s reported returns showed Stratton with 2,373,044 votes (60.65%) and Tracy with 1,477,661 (37.77%), a margin of 895,383 votes, with 91% of the expected vote reported. The totals remain unofficial. AP reported that Stratton and Sen. Tammy Duckworth will make Illinois the first state represented by two female senators of color.
