{"id":8499,"date":"2025-04-23T21:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/democratic-sen-dick-durbin-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T21:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:20:35","slug":"democratic-sen-dick-durbin-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/democratic-sen-dick-durbin-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Sen. 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