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Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters select someone to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Here’s a look at candidates in the race.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill.,is running for the senate seat held by longtime lawmaker Sen. Dick Durbin, who recently announced that he would not seek another term.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and accelerating a generational ...
WASHINGTON - Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker announced on Friday he is endorsing his Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate, just two days after Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, 80 ...
FILE - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, swears in Assistant Attorney ...
Durbin is part of a Senate leadership team that has been in place for almost two decades, alongside the current Senate Democratic leader, New York’s Chuck Schumer, 74, and the late Majority ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and accelerating a generational ...
Durbin, 80, is in his fifth Senate term and was first elected to the House in 1982. His decision not to run will set off a scramble for his Senate seat in solidly Democratic Illinois and for his ...
Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026. By Associated Press. April 23, 2025. Share. WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and accelerating a generational ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and accelerating a generational ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade ...