The 2026 Illinois Senate race to succeed Dick Durbin

Gone quiet · last story Mar 18, 2026

What this arc covers

The 2026 race for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat Dick Durbin is leaving: Durbin's retirement, the Democratic primary between Juliana Stratton and Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Stratton's win.

Earliest story we hold Apr 23, 2025 · 4 stories · 26 independent sources (counted once each) · 329 days

Part ofDick DurbinIllinoisUnited States SenateDemocratic PartyJB Pritzker

Part of The 2026 Senate races

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  2. The 2026 Michigan Senate race: Abdul El-Sayed vs. Mike RogersApr 14, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026
  3. The 2026 Illinois Senate race to succeed Dick DurbinThis arcApr 23, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026
  4. The 2026 Minnesota Senate race: Peggy Flanagan vs. Michele TafoyaApr 29, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026
  5. The 2026 Georgia Senate race: Jon Ossoff vs. Mike CollinsMay 5, 2025 – Sep 29, 2026
  6. The 2026 Nebraska Senate race: Pete Ricketts vs. Dan OsbornJul 8, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026
  7. The 2026 North Carolina Senate race: Roy Cooper vs. Michael WhatleyJul 24, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026
  8. The 2026 Iowa Senate race: Josh Turek vs. Ashley HinsonAug 29, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026
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  3. The 2026 Florida Senate race: Ashley Moody vs. Angie NixonJan 16, 2025 – Sep 19, 2026
  4. The 2026 Kentucky Senate race to succeed Mitch McConnellFeb 20, 2025 – Jan 19, 2026
  5. The 2026 Wyoming Senate race to succeed Cynthia LummisDec 19, 2025 – Aug 19, 2026
  6. The 2026 Alaska Senate race: Dan Sullivan vs. Mary PeltolaJan 12 – Sep 24, 2026
  7. The 2026 Louisiana Senate race: Bill Cassidy's primary defeatJan 18 – Jun 27, 2026
  8. The 2026 Texas Senate race: James Talarico vs. Ken PaxtonApr 28 – Sep 25, 2026
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  10. The 2026 Kansas Senate race: Roger Marshall vs. Adam HamiltonAug 5 – Sep 28, 2026
  11. The 2026 South Carolina Senate race: Darline Graham vs. Annie AndrewsSep 11 – Sep 27, 2026

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Mar 182026Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic Senate primary in Illinois14 articles · 13 independent sources
4 left, 7 center, 1 right
May 72025Krishnamoorthi joins Illinois Senate race6 articles · 6 independent sources
2 left, 2 center, 2 right
Apr 242025Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton launches U.S. Senate campaign to replace Durbin5 articles · 5 independent sources
0 left, 4 center, 1 right

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Apr 21Jun 23Sep 1Nov 3Jan 12Mar 16

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Apr 21, 2025213643
May 5, 20252226
Mar 16, 202647113

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

19% left · 58% center · 23% right of 26 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 4 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. April 2025

    Apr 23Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 202639 articles · 31 independent sources
    2 left, 12 center, 6 right
  2. Apr 24Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton launches U.S. Senate campaign to replace Durbin5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 1 right

  3. May 2025

    May 7Krishnamoorthi joins Illinois Senate race6 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 2 right

  4. March 2026

    Mar 18Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic Senate primary in Illinois14 articles · 13 independent sources
    4 left, 7 center, 1 right