Sen Dick Durbin, D-Il., Senate Democratic Whip and Top Democrats of the Judiciary Committee have announced that he will not seek election again in 2026.
Durbin, 80, who was first elected to the Senate in 1996, announced in a video message on Wednesday.
Darbin said, “The decision to run again is not easy.”
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Illinois Senator Dick Darbin is retiring after 30 years of service. The chairman of the powerful judiciary committee will step down at the end of his tenure. (AP Photo/Mark Sheffelbin)
“I really love the work of being a senator of the United States. But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch. So, I am announcing today that I will not demand an election again at the end of my tenure.”
H, was first selected for the House of Representatives in 1982 and in 1996, he had given seven terms before making his mentor Paul Simon successful in the Senate.
Durbin is a long -time advocate for immigration and dreams (education for development, relief, and foreign minors) Act, which will provide a route for citizenship for unspecified migrants brought to America as children.
He also advocates strict guns laws and supports the Affordable Care Act.
Darbin Illinois represents a solid democratic state. Their retirement is expected to stop a hurry of activity between a scramas of both Democratic and Republican’s heirs. However, GOP has captured the Senate seat twice since 1984 for just six years.
Till date, Durbin’s career in Congress was done by fellow Illinois Senator Tami Duckworth.
Sen Dick Durbin, D-IL., On October 14, 2020, on the Capital Hill in Washington, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court candidate Amy Kony Barrett. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
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Duckworth said, “Dick is Durbin, and will always be a giant in the United States Senate. He has dedicated his life to our kingdom – as well as our nation -sight, and we are all better for it,” said Dakworth.
Duckworth also met Durbin for the first week when she lost both legs, when her Black Hawk Helicopter was shot in Iraq in 2004, taking care of her sympathy and maintenance during her recovery.
“When the dick looked at me, he saw the wounds, looked at the wheelchair,” said Dakworth. “He looked at a soldier in search of his next mission. And he had well identified well before doing so, because I was no longer flying black hooks for the army, it did not mean that I could not find a new way to serve my nation.”
This is a braking news story and will be updated.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
