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Jackson endorsement mess takes a turn for the worse on Stratton
Monday, Mar 16, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller * Juliana Stratton’s campaign over the weekend…
Isabel covered this earlier today at the top of her morning briefing. Basically, the Jackson family was perplexed by the whole thing. * And now Yusef Jackson, who is specifically named in the Stratton release, is walking it all back…
I’ve asked the Stratton campaign for comment and will update if I hear anything back. But, wow, what a mess.
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- Annon'in - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 11:45 am:
Double flub from the lite gov. and friends. Could be a factor in close race…if it is really close.
- NIU Grad - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 11:47 am:
Even if the “endorsement” was true, the campaign/Stratton should have known that the Jackson family is heavily political and would not appreciate his name being attached to any candidate without their blessing. They walked right into a mess that even if she wins, the family won’t soon forget about.
- Excitable Boy - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 11:54 am:
Claiming a posthumous endorsement is of questionable taste. Falsely claiming a posthumous endorsement is repulsive.
- Todd - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 11:57 am:
so we go from the dead voting to the dead endorsing, Chicago politics at it’s finest
- 47th Ward - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:00 pm:
===a draft sample ballot that was in development was released without authorization.===
Interesting use of the passive voice there. Stratton is taking the heat, but it still isn’t clear who released the “draft sample ballot” that had her name on it.
- Responsa - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:04 pm:
== unfortunately this weekend a draft sample ballot that was in development was released without authorization.==
So, mistakes were made by–somebody? Feels like Yusef has waay more ’splainin’ to do.
- Annon'in - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:15 pm:
The double flub Jackson and Obama might have been problem if there was more time and some media left to amplify. Time will tell about aftermath.
- Alton Sinkhole - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:22 pm:
==Feels like Yusef has waay more ’splainin’ to do.==
Yusef pretty clearly is trying to cut a deal for himself, I agree. But he’s not running for Senate tomorrow — Juliana is. She has the responsibility to vet this stuff.
And, let’s be honest, Stratton (or at the very least people very close to her) have been in the room with the Rev in the past couple years and know that he just wasn’t there mentally toward the end. She has a responsibility to do much, much better.
She knew how this would look — and did it anyway. That’s pretty unbecoming.
- 47th Ward - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:37 pm:
===That’s pretty unbecoming.===
Somebody shows you a sample ballot with your name on it and I can understand how that would be seen as an endorsement. Ask any ward committeeman in Chicago how much trouble they get if there are any shenanigans with their sample ballots. In fact, in some wards, if you aren’t on the sample ballot, you were not endorsed, even if the committeeman told you they were with you.
So far, the only thing we know was that there was a sample ballot with Stratton’s name on it. Again, in Chicago, that means something. Now that the Jacksons are walking it back, it’s a mess. I don’t fault Stratton for the mess.
- Old IL Dude - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:44 pm:
“I was endorsed by the ghost of Jesse Jackson” brings me back to Jim Oberweis’s helicopter over Soldier Field ad … and not in a good way. I feel much better about voting for Kelly tomorrow, but fairly confident that Raja wins.
- Excitable Boy - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:45 pm:
- I don’t fault Stratton for the mess. -
Come on. She’s running for US Senate, and she trots out a deceased person’s endorsement without making absolutely sure it’s real? That’s on her.
- Old IL Dude - Monday, Mar 16, 26 @ 12:53 pm:
==Come on. She’s running for US Senate, and she trots out a deceased person’s endorsement without making absolutely sure it’s real? That’s on her.==
I know, right? Eggs are way too expensive these days to waste on your own face.