Senator Dick Durbin announces retirement./Image: @SenatorDurbin/X After 44 years embedded in the swamp, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that he will retire at the end of his current term and will not seek re-election in 2026. Durbin was first elected to the U.S. House in 1982 and served seven terms before being elected to the Senate in 1996. The 80-year-old said that age was a factor in his decision. Durbin told WBEZ: “I’ve decided not to run for re-election. So a year and a half from now, I’ll be wrapping up. I plan on working full-time until that moment, but I’m not going to be waging a campaign for re-election,” Durbin said during an interview in downtown Chicago. A major reason for his decision boiled…
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