Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) decision not to seek a sixth term in the Senate is expected to tee up a spirited Democratic primary to replace him next year. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat who has long served as a member of Senate Democratic leadership and is the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee,

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second ranking Democrat in the Senate, said Wednesday he wouldn’t seek re-election and would retire at the end of his current fifth term.

"Dick Durbin is, and will always be, a giant of the United States Senate," wrote U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois