Raja Krishnamoorthi.

CHICAGO, IL — Following today’s U.S. Senate primary in Illinois, Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement:

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“I called Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton and congratulated her on winning this primary. I trust that she will continue the lasting legacy that Senator Durbin leaves behind.

“Only in America can an immigrant with twenty-nine letters in his name go from public housing and food stamps to the halls of Congress. I will continue to fight for our country, the greatest on Earth, to make the United States of America the kind of country we all still believe in.”

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