Richard J. Durbin

DDemocratIL · Senator

Richard J. Durbin

DemocratIL · Senator

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Liberal (-0.340)

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.

Years in Office

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

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+26.3 vs avg

Avg: 21.7

Committee Assignments

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry CommitteeMember Appropriations CommitteeMember Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade SubcommitteeMember Crime and Counterterrorism SubcommitteeRanking Member Department of Defense SubcommitteeMember Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeMember Energy and Water Development SubcommitteeMember Financial Services and General Government SubcommitteeMember Judiciary CommitteeRanking Member Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety SubcommitteeMember State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs SubcommitteeMember Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$1,133,490

Cash on Handⓘ

$76,714

Total Receiptsⓘ

$618,011

Disbursementsⓘ

$32,051

Individual Donors

$7,000

PAC Contributionsⓘ

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

39.0

Median Age

37.0%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 63.3%Black 13.8%Hispanic 18.6%Asian 5.8%