Official portrait of Richard J. Durbin
U.S. Senate

Richard J. Durbin

U.S. Senator from Illinois

Party
Democrat
In office since
January 7, 1997
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Not an active 2026 candidate in FEC filings

This seat is on the November 3, 2026 ballot, but FEC records do not list Durbin as an active candidate who has raised money this cycle. Members who are retiring, or whose campaigns have not reported to the FEC, don’t appear in these records.

Committee assignments3
  • Senate Committee on the JudiciaryRanking Member
    • Crime and CounterterrorismRanking Member
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
    • Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
    • Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
    • Department of Defense
    • Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
    • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
    • Energy and Water Development
    • Financial Services and General Government
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Earlier in Congress
  • U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 20th District 1983–1997
Contact
Washington office
711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

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