Biography
Leadership: Assistant Minority Leader
Political Highlights: Democratic nominee for Ill. Senate, 1976; Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, 1978; U.S. House of Representatives, 1983-97
Born: November 21, 1944; East St. Louis, Ill.
Residence: Springfield
Religion: Roman Catholic
Family: Wife, Loretta Durbin; three children (one deceased)
Education: Georgetown U., B.S.F.S. 1966; Georgetown U., J.D. 1969
Elected: 1996
Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Defense - Ranking Member; Energy-Water; Financial Services; Labor-HHS-Education; State-Foreign Operations; Transportation-HUD); Judiciary (Border Security and Immigration - Ranking Member; Constitution; Crime & Terrorism); Rules & Administration
Roll Call Vitals
House Seniority: 8th ranked Senate Democrat
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
1982 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Votes
100,758
%
50.4%
1984 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Richard Austin (R)
Votes
145,092
91,728
%
61.3%
38.7%
1986 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Kevin McCarthy (R)
Votes
126,556
59,291
%
68.1%
31.9%
1988 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Paul Jurgens (R)
Votes
153,341
69,303
%
68.9%
31.1%
1990 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Paul Jurgens (R)
Votes
130,114
66,433
%
66.2%
33.8%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
John Shimkus (R)
Votes
154,869
119,219
%
56.5%
43.5%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Bill Owens (R)
Votes
108,034
88,964
%
54.8%
45.2%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Al Salvi (R)
Steven Perry (REF)
Robin Miller (LIBERT)
Chad Koppie (USTAX)
James Davis (NL)
Steve Dahl
Robert Rudner
Votes
2,384,028
1,728,824
61,023
41,218
17,563
13,838
4,222
6
%
56.1%
40.7%
1.4%
1.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Jim Durkin (R)
Steven Burgauer (LIBERT)
Votes
2,103,766
1,325,703
57,382
%
60.3%
38.0%
1.7%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Steve Sauerberg (R)
Kathy Cummings (GREEN)
Larry Stafford (LIBERT)
Chad Koppie (CNSTP)
Votes
3,615,844
1,520,621
119,135
50,224
24,059
%
67.8%
28.5%
2.2%
0.9%
0.5%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D)
Jim Oberweis (R)
Sharon Hansen (LIBERT)
Votes
1,929,637
1,538,522
135,316
%
53.5%
42.7%
3.8%
