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Richard J. Durbin

Richard J. Durbin

Senator· ILDSenate● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeLawyer · Professor
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Richard J. Durbin has an estimated net worth of $1.9M. The 2026 campaign raised $45,092. Richard J. Durbin sits on Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Crime and Counterterrorism.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$1.9M
$1.9M – $1.9M
Raised (last cycle)
$45K
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
29
Senator since 1997 · 43y in office
Net-worth filings
9
+$1.0M since 2008
File — Balance

Bills weighed against funded sectors

Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.

Other

$41K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Ideological / Leadership

$10K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Retail & Consumer

$10K in corporate money from retail · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against retail
0 bills
with retail
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Labor / Unions

$7K in union money · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Health & Pharma

$6K in corporate money from health · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Defense & Aerospace

$5K in corporate money from defense · 1 roll calls · 1 bills

against defense
0 bills
with defense
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

1 excluded · not weighed

Tech & Telecom

$5K in corporate money from tech · 8 roll calls · 2 bills

against tech
1 bill
with tech
0 bills
1 excluded · not weighed

Foreign-policy advocacy

$3K in corporate money from foreign-policy advocacy · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
with foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Real Estate & Construction

$1K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →
File C — Service

Term history

  1. SenatorILD
    20212027 · 6 yrs
  2. SenatorILD
    20152021 · 6 yrs
  3. SenatorILD
    20092015 · 6 yrs
  4. SenatorILD
    20032009 · 6 yrs
  5. SenatorILDHouseSenate
    19972003 · 6 yrs
  6. RepresentativeIL-20D
    19951997 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeIL-20D
    19931995 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeIL-20D
    19911993 · 2 yrs
  9. RepresentativeIL-20D
    19891991 · 2 yrs
  10. RepresentativeIL-20D
    19871989 · 2 yrs
  11. RepresentativeIL-20D
    19851987 · 2 yrs
  12. RepresentativeIL-20D
    19831985 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.