election night edition of Chicago.

Tonight.

I am Brandis Friedman.

>> For months, the big question in Illinois politics has been who is going to be the Democrat running to replace U.S.

Senator Durbin, the Associated Press with in the last hour, has just called that race with Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, defeating Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Congresswoman Robin Kelly along with several other candidates.

That is with 85% of the votes counted.

So now we're going to head out to our reporter, Heather Sharon as she joins us live from Juliana Stratton Election Night headquarters on the near West Side.

Heather.

>> lot of excitement over there.

I imagine.

>> This is a room very happy people.

Juliana Stratton who wish serve 2 terms Lieutenant Governor under Governor JB Pritzker About to take the stage to declare victory.

Us wraps.

Russian oppression of Morsi and Robin Kelly have both conceded to her.

This room has been excited all night.

She lived with a slight lead from almost the very beginning as both started coming which meant victory night gathering with a party from the very beginning with House music pumping people doing the later, a cha cha slide and people looking forward to it.

New era of Illinois politics.

Is set to face Todd Tracy, winner of the Republican primary.

However, in this blue state, this victory means Stratton has the inside lane to a seat in the United States Senate becoming one of only a handful of black women to serve in the highest legislative body in the nation.

>> And Heather, we're almost out of Chicago Party without a little cha cha percolate will be listening out, of course, for when going on a strand takes the stage there.

Thank you.

>> And now to our Nic Blumberg who joins us from a downbeat Raja Krishnamoorthi headquarters in river north.

Nick, different atmosphere over there.

I imagine.

>> You could say so Heather's in a room full of very happy people.

I'm in a room of very full people.

Obviously a lot of said Faces tonight just after 9.30, congressmen Krishnamurthy took the stage to say that he called Julianna Stratton to concede and offer his full support.

He said unlike President Trump, he would not question the outcome.

He also hit on one of his campaign's major themes, the opportunities that the United States has afforded him as an immigrant from India.

Let's take a listen to a bit of a speech.

>> Finally, I want to thank this country.

The greatest country on Earth for giving an immigrant kid and his family.

The chance to live the American dream.

Only in this country.

Could my story happened only in this country could a kid like me serve in the halls of Congress.

And now we must come together as Democrats and as Americans to make sure that we return to the principles that made us a beacon of freedom and opportunity for the world.

We some of those themes when Krishnamoorthi stop for the traditional Manny's deli lunch today.

>> Highlighting he would have been just a second Indian American to serve in the Senate after, of course, former Senator and Vice President Kamala Harris.

He also in his concession speech, thanked his donors for helping him compete with what he described as very wealthy interests.

Of course, Krishnamurthy himself had a very large campaign war chest coming into this from his House campaign fund.

Very strong fundraising numbers.

Also some 9 million dollars in support from an outside fund outlet.

And that's, of course, just among the 10's of billions of dollars in outside spending we've seen in Illinois elections during this primary season on an array of races.

Now, Chris North, he was up early with at T had a lot of rain, name recognition early on in the race took a lead in early polls.

But, you know, there were a lot of undecideds.

Clearly, Julianna Stratton able to make up some of the difference.

Now, at last check of the unofficial results, Krishnamoorthi was leading in several suburban Chicago counties, lake McHenry Kane, DuPage.

But of course, the big prize in the Chicago area is Cook County with its millions of votes, where with nearly 90% of precincts reporting at last check, Stratton had something like a 10 point lead.

Clearly a bit much for Krishnamurthy to overcome in this race.

Prentice.

>> All right, Nic Bloomberg downtown for us.

Thank you.