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Longtime Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek re-election in 2026

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    65% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -60% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    37% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

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-1% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : But in my heart, I know it's time to pass the torch," he said in a statement and video posted to social media.
62% : Durbin was an original author of the DREAM Act to give young people brought to the country illegally a path to citizenship, first introducing it in 2001.
50% : Durbin's seat is expected to remain in Democratic hands, even though Trump made gains in the state in November.

*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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