Juliana Stratton

Stratton is married and is the mother of four daughters and lives in Bronzeville. She cites her hobby of running marathons and triathlons as giving her the discipline needed for the rigors of campaigning. In Chicago, she is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the city's chapter of Jack and Jill of America. Stratton was among the first customers to purchase cannabis when Illinois began recreational sale of the drug on January 1, 2020.

As of November 7, 2018, she was elected to the position of Lieutenant Governor of Illinois with her and Pritzker defeating Republican incumbents Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti.

By August 2017, she had led 25 bills, with 9 appearing before Governor Bruce Rauner, and served on several committees.

On August 9, 2017, Stratton was announced as J. B. Pritzker's running mate in the 2018 gubernatorial election. She cited early childhood education and women's reproductive rights as two of her priorities, with criminal justice reform as another.

In 2016, Stratton challenged Ken Dunkin for the fifth district seat in the Illinois House of Representatives. She received an endorsement from President Barack Obama, as well as support from several unions due to her support for "child care, labor, and home care".

In March 2016, she defeated Dunkin decisively, with 68% of the vote, in a primary race noted to be one of the most expensive in Illinois, with a total of $6 million in contributions for the candidates.

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 previously served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. She is the first African-American woman to become Illinois' lieutenant governor and the fourth woman lieutenant governor overall after Corinne Wood, Sheila Simon, and Evelyn Sanguinetti.