Quentin Fulks, who led the main super PAC backing Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the Illinois Democratic Senate primary, saw a significant opportunity in January when he promoted Stratton as the only major candidate opposing the aggressive operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a key issue. Fulks knew from research that ICE was extremely unpopular with Democrats in the state and quickly aired a TV ad promoting Stratton's position on ICE as the primary candidate. The financial backing of Stratton was provided by Gov. JB Pritzker, who donated at least $5 million to Illinois Future PAC, which ultimately spent $14.8 million on ads. Despite trailing by 21 points and 46% of potential Democratic voters were undecided, Stratton won with 40% of the vote in March 17.