SENATOR Dick Durbin lives in the public eye, but his wife, Loretta Schaefer Durbin, has kept a much lower profile. She’s worked in Illinois for most of her career, starting as an assistant to two Democratic lawmakers before branching into the lobbying business. Who is Senator Dick Durbin’s wife Loretta? Loretta lives in Springfield, Illinois, […]
SENATOR Dick Durbin lives in the public eye, but his wife, Loretta Schaefer Durbin, has kept a much lower profile.
She’s worked in Illinois for most of her career, starting as an assistant to two Democratic lawmakers before branching into the lobbying business.
Loretta lives in Springfield, Illinois, with her husband, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democratic member in the US Senate.
She began a career as an assistant to two Democratic lawmakers in the Illinois senate from 1985 to 1994.
She created the Government Affairs Specialists Inc. lobbying firm with a partner in 1977.
In the early 2000s, Loretta helped start the Illinois Women’s Institute For Leadership to help train Democratic women to run for office.
The former lobbyist has kept much of her life private since retiring in 2014.
She and her husband have three children and six grandchildren.
Their first child, daughter Christine, died in 2008 due to complications with a congenital heart defect when she was 40 years old.
The senator was born in Illinois and became the 47th US senator in the state and the state’s senior senator.
He was elected to the senate in 1996 and re-elected in 2002, 2008, 2014, 2020.
Durbin has been elected as the Senate Majority Whip by his colleagues every two years since 2005.
Some of his key interests include affordable healthcare, criminal justice reform, and fighting for gun reform.
Durbin also serves as the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is also a member on the Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees.
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