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Dick Durbin

American politician and attorney (born 1944)

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Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served since 2005 as the Senate Democratic Whip (the second-highest position in the Democratic leadership in the Senate) and since 2025 as the Senate minority whip. He is the longest-serving Democratic whip since the position was established in 1913.

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🇺🇸 Stratton on track to succeed Durbin: Key takeaways from Illinois primary elections (2026-03-18)
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen....
🇺🇸 Illinois Lt Gov Stratton wins Senate Democratic primary for Dick Durbin's seat (2026-03-18)
Progressives and moderates vie for influence in Democratic primary while House primaries feature competitive races for retiring lawmakers' seats...
🇺🇸 Stratton, backed by Pritzker, wins Democratic nod for Durbin seat (2026-03-18)
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) is projected to win the Illinois Senate Democratic primary — a major win for both her and Gov. JB Pritzker, a p...
🇺🇸 Breaking down the Illinois primary fight for Sen. Dick Durbin's seat (2026-03-17)
Illinois is holding primary elections Tuesday with the main focus on the race for the seat of outgoing U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. CBS News White House rep...
🇺🇸 Illinois holds primary elections as candidates race to fill Sen. Dick Durbin's seat (2026-03-17)
Illinois is holding primary elections on Tuesday that will help determine who will fill retiring Sen. Dick Durbin's seat. CBS News' Aaron Navarro has ...
🇺🇸 Illinois Democrats duke it out for Durbin’s seat (2026-03-14)
Democrats are fighting over a rare Senate opening in Illinois, with Tuesday’s party primary likely to decide the deep-blue state’s next senator. At t...

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