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 dataset

Call office 202-224-2152 Send a message

Washington, D.C. office

711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

durbin.senate.gov

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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

Strong
Backs 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 dataset

On 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 Member
Minority · 1st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Crime and CounterterrorismRanking Member
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Minority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Durbin

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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

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Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 2001–2040 of 2040 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Richard J. Durbin on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role		Swing score ·
S.Res. 290A resolution commemorating June 19, 2025, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.Summary on Congress.gov	Cosponsor	No recorded vote	0	Entrenched
S.Res. 306A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 26 as "LGBTQI+ Equality Day".