
Meet the 5 Republicans Hoping to Take on Sen. Dick Durbin
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Hear from the Republican candidates hoping to take on Sen. Dick Durbin this fall.
Sen. Dick Durbin was first elected to his seat in 1996. He’s running this fall for a fifth term and faces no opponents in the Democratic primary. But on the Republican side, five candidates are vying to take on the long-serving and well-funded incumbent.
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Meet the 5 Republicans Hoping to Take on Sen. Dick Durbin
Clip: 3/3/2020 | 20m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Sen. Dick Durbin was first elected to his seat in 1996. He’s running this fall for a fifth term and faces no opponents in the Democratic primary. But on the Republican side, five candidates are vying to take on the long-serving and well-funded incumbent.
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