Juliana Stratton
Juliana Stratton | |
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Stratton in 2023 | |
| 48th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
| Governor | JB Pritzker |
| Preceded by | Evelyn Sanguinetti |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 5th district | |
| In office January 11, 2017 – January 2, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Dunkin |
| Succeeded by | Lamont Robinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juliana Wiggins September 8, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | |
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 won the 2018 and 2022 elections for the office on a ticket with JB Pritzker. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. She is the first African-American woman and fourth woman overall to become Illinois's lieutenant governor.
She is a candidate in the Democratic primary for the 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois.