With US Sen. Dick Durbin retiring, Illinois’ tradition of upstate-downstate senators is in peril
- Posted on April 27, 2025
- By Chicago Tribune
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With US Sen. Dick Durbin retiring, Illinois’ tradition of upstate-downstate senators is in peril
Illinois voters have long embraced — whether by choice or chance — a tradition of splitting the state’s two Senate seats geographically. But those days may be ending.
