Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois won’t run for reelection next year, opening up the No. 2 slot in Senate Democratic leadership ...

The second-ranking Senate Democrat will retire after his decadeslong career representing Illinois in Congress.

The veteran senator's departure will set off a mad scramble both for his Senate seat and for younger colleagues eager to move ...

Dick Durbin, the 80-year-old Democratic Illinois senator who's served in Congress for more than four decades, has announced ...

the Senate Democratic whip and the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2026 ... Gary Peters of Michigan, and Tina Smith of Minnesota.

Durbin has been a critic of crop insurance subsidies. In 2012, the Senate approved 66-33 an amendment led by Durbin and the late Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that would have reduced premium subsidies for ...

Dick Durbin, the Senate’s longtime second-ranking Democrat, announced plans to retire at the end of next year, sparking a succession scramble to fill his powerful leadership position in the chamber, ...

announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2026 ... Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Gary Peters of Michigan and Tina Smith of Minnesota. Democrats face an uphill climb to win ...