Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago. (Getty.)
Durbin and Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., 78; Tina Smith, D-Minn., 67; and Gary Peters, D-Mich., 66, as well as Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., 83, all announced their exits in 2025.
"You can see it, you can observe it," Durbin said in general of politicians’ aging.
"And you have to make that choice, that decision. I've made mine."
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