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Senator Dick Durbin

Democratic US Senator from Illinois

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Senator Durbin is a Class II Senator (Up for Re-Election in 2014)

This member of Congress has no electoral opponents as of 5/23/10. Email updates!

Noteworthy Dick Durbin News:

On November 1, 2008, three days before his fellow Illinois Senator Barack Obama was elected President, Durbin's 40-year-old daughter Christine died from complications related to a congenital heart condition

In 1996, Durbin was elected to the Senate by a surprising 15-point margin in a race initially judged competitive

In 1982, Durbin scored a huge upset by defeating 22-year incumbent Paul Findley in the 20th Congressional District