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Illinois's current U.S. senators are Democrats Dick Durbin (serving since 1997) and Tammy Duckworth (serving since 2017). Shelby Moore Cullom was the longest serving senator, who served from 1883 to 1913.
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On November 4, 2014, Dick Durbin (D) won re-election to the U.S. Senate. He defeated Jim Oberweis (R) and Sharon Hansen(L) in the general election.
On November 4, 2008, Durbin won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Steve Sauerberg (R), Kathy Cummings (G), Larry A. Stafford (L), Chad N. Koppie (I) and Patricia Elaine Beard (I) in the general election.
On November 5, 2002, Dick Durbin won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Jim Durkin (R) and Steven Burgauer (L) in the general election.
On November 5, 1996, Dick Durbin won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Al Salvi (R), Steven H. Perry (Reform), Robin J. Miller (L), Chad Koppie (U.S. Taxpayers) and James E. Davis (Natural Law) in the general election.
Illinois. Illinois has two senators in the United States Senate and 17 representatives in the United States House of Representatives. Illinois is a state in the United States.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, who had been Senate Minority Whip since 2015, won reelection to a fifth term in office, defeating Republican nominee Mark Curran . Durbin decisively won re-election with 54.9% of the vote.
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List of United States senators from Illinois. Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, and has been represented in the United States Senate by 48 senators in history.
#SenatorPartyTook Office1Democratic- RepublicanDecember 3, 18181Crawford Democratic- RepublicanDecember 3, 18182DemocraticMarch 4, 18293DemocraticNovember 12, 1830United States congressional delegations from Illinois. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2022 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from Illinois.
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117th Congress. Two Senators represent each state in the U.S. Senate and are elected to serve six-year terms. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D) of Springfield was elected to represent Illinois for a fifth term in 2020. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates (D) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016.
