Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Senate, Illinois, 2028 · incumbent · Democrat (as filed with the FEC). Holds the seat now (U.S. Senate member list).

Filed for 2028

$10,626,289raised toward 2028Totals reported to the FEC through September 30, 2026.
$4,229,806cash on hand

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Where they fall, left to right

Moderately left, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) (Senate roll-call votes, 119th Congress) · source.

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About Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Senator; retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel. Democrat of Hoffman Estates; elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 and reelected in 2022, after two terms in the U.S. House (2013–17). Served in the Army Reserve and Illinois National Guard (retired as lieutenant colonel), directed the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, and was an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2009–11). Serves on the Armed Services, Commerce, Foreign Relations, and Veterans' Affairs committees.

What they say they'll focus on:

  • Working families
  • Civil rights
  • Environmental justice
  • Veterans and military families

Summarized in our words from source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4, checked October 2026. Not an endorsement.

Links

Campaign website · FEC filings

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