Help Re-elect the Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate

Here is what the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has to say about my senator, Dick Durbin:

"Senator Dick Durbin has been a strong voice advocating for Illinois’ working families. As the Assistant Majority Leader, Senator Durbin has been a leader in America’s economic recovery, the effort to make health care more affordable and accessible, and protect consumers in Illinois and across the country. A close ally of President Obama, Senator Durbin is helping lead efforts to pass the DREAM Act, save students from debt, protect the Great Lakes, invest in infrastructure and build bipartisan consensus to solve the nation’s fiscal challenges. Senator Durbin won re-election by 39 points in 2008 and recent polling shows him beating his Republican challenger by double digits." http://www.dscc.org/races/illinois

Richard Durbin was first elected to the Senate in 1996. Durbin's Republican opponent is Jim Oberweiss. For more on Durbin's tenure in the Senate see this:  http://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Durbin

Senator Durbin was born in East St. Louis and recently made comments about the situation in Ferguson, MO. You can read about them here:  http://kplr11.com/2014/08/22/sen-durbin-praises-local-leaders-for-peace-in-ferguson/

If you are interested in helping with Durbin's campaign, sign up here: http://www.dickdurbin.com/

I will be voting for him and I hope you will too if you live here in Illinois. My husband and I visited Washington DC in 2006 and attended a constituent coffee hosted by Senator Durbin and then Senator Obama.

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