Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratIL · Senator
71
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance99
Avg: 98
Independence43
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone11
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency100
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Richard J. Durbin
DemocratIL · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.339)
Richard J. Durbin is a Democrat Senator from IL. He has served 43 years in Congress across 12 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 56.8% of the time.
43
Years in Office
12
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
56.8%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
139 votes against party
0.6%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
68
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Richard Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty+10.7% vs avg
56.8%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-1.7% vs avg
0.6%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+38.3 vs avg
68
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$976,473
Cash on Handⓘ
$79,858
Total Receiptsⓘ
$778,172
Disbursementsⓘ
$32,051
Individual Donors
$7,000
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
1983–1997House · IL-20 · Democrat
1997–PresentSenate · IL · DemocratCurrent
State Demographics
IL · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
12,692,653
Population
$83,510
Median Income
38.5
Median Age
37.0%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 63.3%Black 13.8%Hispanic 18.6%Asian 5.8%