A group that aims to curb corporate influence in Washington by increasing transparency in campaign fundraising and enacting stricter federal campaign finance laws has endorsed Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in Illinois’ March Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, citing her pledge not to accept contributions from corporate political action committees.

End Citizens United, a decade-old group taking its name from the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the floodgates to unlimited campaign spending from corporations, labor unions and other outside groups, announced its support for Stratton on Thursday in her bid to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin . Running with the backing of Gov. JB Pritzker , a billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir and her two-time running mate, Stratton vowed in Ju

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