Endorsement mix-up roils Illinois Senate race as Jackson family clarifies

A draft ballot suggesting an endorsement by the late Rev. Jesse Jackson for Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in Illinois’s U.S. Senate race sparked a public dispute after Rainbow PUSH and Jackson’s family said the endorsement wasn’t finalized or meant for public release. One Jackson son questioned the endorsement; another later said there was no finalized endorsement and the family would not issue one this cycle. Stratton’s campaign said the news came from organized pushes within Rainbow PUSH. The race remains a three-way contest among Stratton, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Rep. Robin Kelly, with separate attention on Barack Obama’s past endorsement referenced in Stratton’s ads.