Richard J. Durbin
DSen. IL · U.S. Senate · 12 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Durbin sits more conservative than 28% of the Senate and more liberal than 71%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- FASPAC FAREWAY STORES INC PACCorporate$4K
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership$3K
- THE TIMKEN COMPANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FUNDCorporate$3K
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONLabor$2K
- DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC)Corporate$1K
- GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. PACCorporate$1K
- Corporate63%
- Membership22%
- Labor15%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Retail & wholesale$4K
- Real estate$3K
- Labor unions$2K
- Health & medicine$1K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 26% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleDurbin's campaign has spent $381K across 241 reported disbursements.
- Consulting & research$149K 39%
- Payroll & admin$98K 26%
- Events & fundraising$43K 11%
- Advertising & media$42K 11%
- Other$38K 10%
- Travel & lodging$11K 3%
- LAFAVE, LORI$75K
- GROUNDSWELL PUBLIC STRATEGIES INC$42K
- SOUDERS, PAT$41K
- CAPITOL COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATES, INC.$38K
- BANK OF SPRINGFIELD$31K
- HAMPSTEN, EMILY$31K
- BANKOLE, YASMEENHANOVER PARK, IL$397
- SOUDERS, PATSPRINGFIELD, IL$224
- NGUYEN, TRANCHICAGO, IL$74
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Illinois · age 82 · from East St. Louis.
Richard Joseph Durbin is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin is in his fifth Senate term and has served since 2005 as the Senate Democratic Whip and since 2025 as the Senate minority whip. He is the longest-serving Democratic whip since the position was established in 1913.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
Senators disclose their trades through the Senate's system. See Durbin's filings:
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryRanking Member
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this Senate seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Don TracyRepublicanOpen seat
Don Tracy is an American lawyer, Republican politician, and business owner. Tracy served as acting and confirmed chair of the Illinois Gaming Board (2015–2019), an appointee of then-Governor Bruce Rauner, and as chair of the Illinois Republican Party (2021–2024), succeeding Tim Schneider. (Wikipedia ↗)
$2.3Mraised ↗ - Jeannie EvansRepublicanOpen seat$1.3Mraised ↗
- Casimer ChlebekRepublicanOpen seat$202Kraised ↗
- Whitfield Harrington JrIndependentOpen seat$32Kraised ↗
- John GoodmanRepublicanOpen seat$29Kraised ↗
- Pamela LongRepublicanOpen seat$25Kraised ↗
- R Cary CapparelliRepublicanOpen seat$13Kraised ↗
- Steven J SchwartzbergIndependentOpen seat$6Kraised ↗
- S KrishnamoorthiDemocratOpen seat$31.4Mraised ↗
- Juliana StrattonDemocratOpen seat
Juliana R. Stratton is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 48th lieutenant governor of Illinois since 2019. A progressive member of the Democratic Party, she was elected in 2018 and 2022 on a ticket with Governor JB Pritzker. (Wikipedia ↗)
$4.8Mraised ↗ - Robin KellyDemocratOpen seat
Robin Lynne Kelly is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. (Wikipedia ↗)
$3.5Mraised ↗ - Steve BotsfordDemocratOpen seat$373Kraised ↗
- Kevin RyanDemocratOpen seat$139Kraised ↗
- Jonathan DeanDemocratOpen seat
Jonathan Dean was an American career diplomat and United States representative for Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions negotiations from 1979 to 1981. (Wikipedia ↗)
$124Kraised ↗ - Adam DelgadoDemocratOpen seat$59Kraised ↗
- Awisi BustosDemocratOpen seat$42Kraised ↗
+ 11 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Richard actually voted · last 15 bills live
- YeaAugust 5, 2026S.J.Res. 187On the Motion to Proceed
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN730-11On the Cloture Motion
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Nomination
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 3, 2026H.R. 6500On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 30, 2026S.Res. 817On the Resolution
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 181On the Motion to Discharge
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 199On the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 29, 2026S.Res. 817On the Cloture Motion
- YeaJuly 29, 2026H.R. 5334On the Motion to Proceed
- YeaJuly 28, 2026H.R. 5334On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 28, 2026PN1092On the Nomination
- NayJuly 27, 2026PN1092On the Cloture Motion
- YeaJuly 23, 2026PN999-5On the Nomination
- NayJuly 23, 2026PN999-6On the Nomination
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
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