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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.

As your Senator, it is my priority to understand what issues you care about and how the decisions made in Washington affect the lives of my neighbors in Illinois.

Illinois became the 21st state to join the Union on December 3, 1818. Illinois’s first two senators, Ninian Edwards and Jesse Thomas, took office on that day. Illinois’s longest-serving senator is Shelby Cullom, who served from 1883 to 1913.

Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, and has been represented in the United States Senate by 48 senators in history.

Incumbent Tammy Duckworth defeated Kathy Salvi, Bill Redpath, Lowell Seida, and Connor VlaKancic in the general election for U.S. Senate Illinois on November 8, 2022.

Elected to term commencing Mar. 4, 1849; took his seat on Mar. 6, 1849, but on Mar. 15, 1849, the Senate declared his election void on the ground that he had not been a citizen of the United States the number of years required by the Constitution; immediately elected for the same term.

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates (D) was elected to represent Illinois for a second term in 2022. Dick Durbin of Springfield (D) was elected to his fifth term in 2020. (See pages 16-19 for U.S. Senator photos and biographies.)

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today again questioned Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the...

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