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Dick Durbin

US Senator

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RESOLUTE Citizen Score

0 / 100 F

Raw: -16 of 100 dynamic max · 50 of 50 answered · -20 foreign-influence adjustment

Last verified: 2026-06-03 · from claim evidence

✝ God First 0/ 60

🇺🇸 America First 4/ 40

National Rank

#8,722 of 8,776 · bottom 0.6% among candidates with at least one scored answer

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Score adjustments

Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.

For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.

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Base score 4/100 → Adjusted -16/100

AIPAC / pro-Israel-lobby contributions-20
$641,079 documented · bracket 250k_to_1m
TrackAIPAC career-total report shows $641,079 from AIPAC and pro-Israel-lobby PACs.
AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures targeting U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented AIPAC contributions as a failure on foreign_policy_restraint/q4 (the foreign-lobby question) AND applies a dollar-bracket adjustment to the total score.
Sources: www.trackaipac.com/states/illinois · www.opensecrets.org/search?q=dick+durbin&type=donors

Contact This Official

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📍 Local district offices (4)

Carbondale, IL · 618-351-1122 · 250 W. Cherry St., Suite 115-D 62901

Chicago, IL · 312-353-4952 · 230 S. Dearborn St., Suite 3892 60604

Rock Island, IL · 309-786-5173 · 1504 Third Ave., Suite 227 61201

Springfield, IL · 217-492-4062 · 525 S. 8th St. 62703

Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.

Next Election

November 3, 2026

Primary · Seat up at next election

— until

Registration deadline: 2026-10-06

Early voting: 2026-09-24 – 2026-11-02

Elections office: (217) 782-4141

Voter status: Check registration

State elections site: Illinois State Board of Elections

Official Profile

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education: B.S. Foreign Service, Georgetown University (1966); J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (1969)

Birthplace: East St. Louis, Illinois

Background: Former Senate Majority Whip and longest-serving senator in Illinois history. Served in U.S. House from 1983-1997. Former attorney and legislative counsel to Lieutenant Governor.

X / Twitter: @SenatorDurbin

Heritage Action 0% session, 4% lifetime. NRA F. Catholic who breaks with Church on abortion (was pro-life early career). #2 Senate Democrat (Minority Whip). Not seeking reelection 2026 — 'time to pass the torch.' Authored DREAM Act. Longest-serving Illinois senator in history. Score 2/70. His retirement creates an open seat in 2026 — one of the most important Senate races.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

0/10

Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception

FALSE (0)

1 claim

Voted against cloture on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (January 2025), calling it a threat to health-care providers, and has a lifetime record as one of the Senate's most consistent advocates for unrestricted federal abortion access — rejecting any legal recognition of personhood before birth.
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- WikipediaEncyclopedia
Verified 2026-06-03Dispute this claim

Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing

FALSE (0)

Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding

FALSE (0)

Biblical Marriage

0/10

Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God

FALSE (0)

1 claim

Voted for the Respect for Marriage Act (December 2022), which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and codified federal recognition of same-sex unions — a direct rejection of the one-man-one-woman definition of marriage.
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- BallotpediaCenter
Verified 2026-06-03Dispute this claim

Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law

FALSE (0)

Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships

FALSE (0)

Family & Child Sovereignty

0/10

Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples

FALSE (0)

Christian Liberty

0/10

Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions

FALSE (0)

Economic Stewardship

0/10

Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels

FALSE (0)

Election Integrity

0/10

Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference

FALSE (0)

Border & Immigration

0/10

Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors

FALSE (0)

1 claim

Original Senate sponsor of the DREAM Act (first introduced 2001, reintroduced every Congress since), a longtime champion of amnesty and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and an opponent of mandatory-deportation enforcement — the opposite of the rubric's border-security demands.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
Verified 2026-06-03Dispute this claim

Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland

FALSE (0)

Self-Defense & 2A

0/10 ✉️ Petition your reps

Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements

FALSE (0)^[1,2]

Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries

FALSE (0)^[1,2]

Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations

FALSE (0)^[1,2]

Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense

FALSE (0)^[1,2]

Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation

FALSE (0)^[1,2]

Foreign Policy Restraint

4/10

Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action

TRUE (+2)

Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs

TRUE (+2)

Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians

FALSE (0)

Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance

FALSE (0)

Industry Capture & Sovereignty

0/10

Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability

FALSE (0)

Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms

FALSE (0)

Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments

FALSE (0)

Sources & Evidence

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Congress.gov — Official RecordOfficial

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References & footnotes

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