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      • Richard Durbin Party

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        Democratic
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/5/1996
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      • Next Election

        2014
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      • Missed Vote %

        0.30%
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      • Votes with Party

        98.93%
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      525 South Eighth Street Springfield, IL

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    • Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin is the senior United States Senator from Illinois, in office since 1997. He has been the Senate Majority Whip, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, since 2007.
      He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, he graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and Georgetown University Law Center. Working in state legal counsel throughout the 1970s, he made an unsuccessful run for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1978. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, representing the Springfield-based 20th congressional district. In 1996 he won election to the U.S. Senate by an unexpected 15-point m...
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Date Born

BORN

11/21/1944

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

East Saint Louis, IL

Home City

HOME CITY

Springfield, IL

Religion

Religion

  Roman Catholic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Attorney, 1973-1982 Legal counsel, Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee, 1972-1982 Legal counsel, Illinois Lieutenant Governor, 1969-1973

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 1997-present Assistant Majority Leader/Majority Whip, United States Senate, 2006-present Assistant Floor Leader United States Senate, 2001-present Assistant Minority Leader, United States Senate, 2004 Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1983-1996 Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor, State of Illinois, 1978 Democratic Nominee for Illinois State Senate, 1976

EDUCATION

JD, Georgetown University, 1969 BS, Foreign Services and Economics, Georgetown University, 1966

FAMILY

Wife: Loretta; Children: Christine (deceased), Paul, Jennifer

COMMITTEES JOINED

  • Sen. Richard Durbin

    Joint Committee on the Library, Member, Subcommittee on Defense, Member, Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development, Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Chair, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, Chair, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, Chair, Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, Member, Subcommittee on African Affairs, Member, Subcommittee on European Affairs, Member, Committee on Appropriations, Member, Committee on the Judiciary, Member, Committee on Rules and Administration, Member,
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