A shadow primary for Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) Senate seat could soon spill into the open as Democrats wait with bated breath to see whether he runs in 2026.
Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, is weeks, perhaps days, away from announcing if he will retire at age 82 or pursue a sixth term that would put the aspirations of a younger crop of Democrats indefinitely on hold.
An open primary in blue Illinois would attract a wave of high-profile Democrats seizing what could be a once-in-a-generation chance to claim one of the state’s two Senate seats. Some have even made public overtures that they would run.
Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) is fundraising off an ally-commissioned poll showing her with a hypothetical lead, while Juliana Stratton,
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