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Ladda Tammy Duckworth [3] (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party , she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator called U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s behavior during the Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday “embarrassing.” Duckworth, a disabled veteran ...
Senator Tammy Duckworth lost both of her legs and some function in one arm when her helicopter was hit by a rocket fired by an insurgent during her deployment to Iraq in 2004. (CBS Face the Nation)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, speaks during a news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on June 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Credit - Anna Moneymaker—Getty Images
Kirk lost re-election to a second full term [3] to Tammy Duckworth, the U.S. representative from Illinois's 8th congressional district and a decorated combat veteran of the Iraq War. Duckworth became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois since fellow Democrat Carol Moseley Braun in 1992. Despite his loss, Kirk outperformed ...
The 2022 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic senator Tammy Duckworth was re-elected for a second term against former U.S. House of Representatives candidate Kathy Salvi, the Republican nominee, winning by a ...
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) waves to the audience on Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024.
This makes Illinois the state with the most African-American senators. Illinois's current U.S. senators are Democrats Dick Durbin (serving since 1997) and Tammy Duckworth (serving since 2017). Shelby Moore Cullom was the longest serving senator, who served from 1883 to 1913.