Illinois Rep. Krishnamoorthi jumps into crowded Democratic race for Senate

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., has launched a bid to triumph a Senate spot held by longtime lawmaker Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who announced successful precocious April that helium would not question reelection.

Krishnamoorthi is joining an already crowded tract that includes Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who has the enactment of Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Tammy Duckworth. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., is besides reportedly considering a bid of her own. However, Krishnamoorthi enters the contention with a sizable $19 cardinal run warfare chest, according to Politico. 

U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) answers questions during a quality league astir the caller Congressional delegation travel to the Indo-Pacific region, connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., successful 2022. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)

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In an announcement video posted Tuesday connected his campaign’s X account, Krishnamoorthi vowed to basal up to "bullies similar Donald Trump and Elon Musk," though the second near the White House past week. The congressman portrayed the president arsenic a person who is "ignoring the Constitution" and is "out for revenge."

President Donald Trump speaks astatine the White House successful April. (AP/Alex Brandon)

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The congressman highlighted his household inheritance arsenic a first-generation American whose parents "were capable to usage nutrient stamps and nationalist lodging to determination america into the mediate class." He besides referenced his adjacent ties to erstwhile President Barack Obama, saying that helium "showed that Illinois volition springiness you a changeable adjacent erstwhile you person a comic name." He past touted his A+ standing from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and F standing from the National Rifle Association.

Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, questions witnesses during a House Intelligence Committee impeachment enquiry proceeding successful Washington, D.C., successful 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"I’ll ne'er beryllium quiescent portion billionaires similar Elon Musk and a convicted felon contradict the dreams of the adjacent procreation for their ain egos and idiosyncratic profit," Krishnamoorthi said successful the video. He besides vowed to "make America enactment for moving people."

Krishnamoorthi was archetypal elected to Congress successful 2016 and presently serves arsenic the ranking subordinate of the Select Committee connected the CCP. He is besides the ranking subordinate connected the Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee connected Health Care and Financial Services.