伊利诺伊联邦参议员论坛今晚WTTW举行：斯特拉顿对决特雷西争夺德宾退休席位
角逐伊利诺伊州联邦参议员席位的两党候选人——民主党副州长朱莉安娜·斯特拉顿（JulianaStratton）与共和党前州党主席唐·特雷西（DonTracy），将于今晚美东时间9点（中部时间8点）在WTTW的论坛上交锋。这是两人在11月3日中期选举前罕见的同台对决，争夺的是参议院民主党二号人物迪克·德宾（DickDurbin）退休后空出的席位，德宾去年宣布不再连任，结束了近三十年的参议员生涯。
提前投票目前已在伊利诺伊州进行中。选情方面，无党派机构ActiVote今日发布的10月20日民调显示，斯特拉顿领先特雷西17个百分点：该民调于9月26日至10月20日调查400名可能的中期选举选民，平均预期误差4.9个百分点；斯特拉顿在郊区和城市选民、30岁以下及50岁以上选民、女性、白人、黑人和拉丁裔选民、中高收入群体及各教育层级均领先，特雷西仅在农村选民、30至49岁选民、男性和低收入群体中领先，中间选民中斯特拉顿以67%对33%胜出。
CookPoliticalReport将该席位评为"稳固民主党"。斯特拉顿阵营称她将分享"让生活更负担得起、创造经济机会、捍卫权利与自由"的积极愿景；特雷西则表示自己"不会是任何人的橡皮图章"，主张选民身份证等选举安全措施，并称他若不寻求、也不会拒绝特朗普的背书。
独立候选人小惠特菲尔德·哈林顿（WhitfieldHarringtonJr.）也在选票上。
Illinois U.S. Senate Forum Tonight on WTTW: Stratton vs. Tracy for the Seat Durbin Is Retiring From
The two major-party candidates for Illinois' U.S. Senate seat — Democratic Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton and Republican former state party chairman Don Tracy — will face off tonight at 9 p.m.
Eastern (8 p.m. Central) in a forum on WTTW.
It is a rare head-to-head meeting between the two before the November 3 midterm election, for the seat being vacated by Dick Durbin, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, who announced last year that he would not seek re-election, ending nearly three decades as a senator.
Early voting is already under way in Illinois. On the state of the race, a new ActiVote poll released October 20 — surveying 400 likely midterm voters from September 26 to October 20, with an average expected margin of error of 4.9 points — shows Stratton leading Tracy by 17 points.
Stratton leads among suburban and city voters, voters under 30 and over 50, women, white, Black and Latino voters, middle- and higher-income groups and every education level, while Tracy leads only among rural voters, voters aged 30 to 49, men and lower-income groups; among independents, Stratton wins 67% to 33%. The Cook Political Report rates the seat "Solid Democratic." Stratton's campaign says she will share a positive vision of "making life more affordable, creating economic opportunity, and defending rights and freedom"; Tracy says he "will not be anyone's rubber stamp," advocates election security measures such as voter ID, and says that while he does not seek President Trump's endorsement, he would not refuse it.
Independent candidate Whitfield Harrington Jr. is also on the ballot.
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图片来源：图：伊利诺伊州副州长朱莉安娜·斯特拉顿肖像。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，公共领域 / Photo: Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton. Source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain
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