---
type: Person
title: "Richard J. Durbin"
description: "U.S. Senate - IL — State of Illinois"
role: "U.S. Senate - IL"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IL"
leadership:
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/commodities-derivatives-risk-management-and-trade"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-poultry-and-food-safety"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/departments-of-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-and-related-agencies"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Energy and Water Development"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/state-foreign-operations-and-related-programs"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies"
  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary"
  - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Crime and Counterterrorism"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/crime-and-counterterrorism"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 6
  term_limit: "none"
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sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, il]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Richard J. Durbin

Current U.S. Senate - IL (State of Illinois).

## Leadership

- Senate Minority Whip (since 2025-01-03)

## Committees

- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/commodities-derivatives-risk-management-and-trade.md)
- [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/agriculture-nutrition-and-forestry/subcommittees/livestock-dairy-poultry-and-food-safety.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/departments-of-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Energy and Water Development](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/energy-and-water-development.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/state-foreign-operations-and-related-programs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Crime and Counterterrorism](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/crime-and-counterterrorism.md) — **ranking-member**

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).