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U.S. Senator · Illinois
Richard J. Durbin
DemocratState D+6119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score23#91 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Richard J. Durbin’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 59 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 59 of the 2092 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 94, S. 180, S. 419, S. 494, S. 539 and 54 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 94 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 180 Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 419 Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 494 National Plan for Epilepsy Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 539 PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
- Senate class
- Class 2
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 43.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Crime and CounterterrorismRanking Member
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMinority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Durbin← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.338 is 0.02 to the right of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1601–1650 of 2040 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 3135Cold Weather Diesel Reliability Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 23 | Entrenched |
| S. 3172A bill to repeal certain Acts that impose sanctions upon Syria.Summary on Congress.gov |