Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) announced she will not be running for Sen. Dick Durbin‘s (D-IL) seat after a poll showed her trailing one of her would-be opponents. After publishing a poll weeks ago showing her in the lead in a hypothetical Democratic primary,

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Illinois) said Monday that she will not be running for the U.S. Senate seat set to be vacated by Dick Durbin. Underwood explained her decision on CNN Monday afternoon. "So when I reflected on the way I could best serve families in Illinois and around the country,

Four-term west suburban Democratic Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s decision to not run to succeed Dick Durbin in the Senate ends weeks of speculation.