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Illinois political leaders react to Dick Durbin's announcement he won't run in 2026

  • Bias Rating

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    26% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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4% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "Throughout his decades of public service, Senator Durbin stood up time and again for teachers, school staff, higher education, public employees, and the right of every worker to organize and be treated with dignity.
60% : From first introducing the DREAM Act, to leading the historic confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, to bringing in major federal infrastructure projects to our state, Senator Durbin has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of everyday Illinoisans.
49% : He was a vocal champion of immigration reform, co-authoring the DREAM Act and standing strong for DACA recipients when their futures were most at risk.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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