Dick Durbin

Dick Durbin (born November 21, 1944, East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.) is an American politician who represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–97) and in the U.S. Senate (1997– ), where he served as the Democratic majority whip (2005–15) and minority whip (2015– ). In April 2025 Durbin announced that he would retire at the end of his term in January 2027. Durbin attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a...