Juliana Stratton
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 state's fourth woman lieutenant governor overall, after Corinne Wood, Sheila Simon, and Evelyn Sanguinetti.
Juliana Stratton | |
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Stratton in 2023 | |
| 48th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
| Governor | J. B. 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 |
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| Born | Juliana Wiggins September 8, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 4 |
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