By RFD Radio/WFMB
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin may not be running for re-election next month, but he’ll have a lot on the line regardless.
Democrats are pushing hard to regain majority status in the upper chamber of Capitol Hill, but Durbin says the best case scenario for his party is probably off the board.
“With four seats and the Vice President if it’s Tim Kaine breaking the tie, we have a nominal majority, we organize, but it’s a 50-50 Senate,” Durbin said. “If someone gets up in the morning and their car doesn’t start, you have to recalculate the votes.”
Democrat Tammy Duckworth’s effort to unseat incumbent Mark Kirk is seen as a key contest for Democrats.
Republicans currently have a 54-44 majority in the U.S. Senate.