Durbin Targeted by Progressives in Judicial Nominations Ad Buy

Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is the target of a new digital ad campaign launched by progressives encouraging him to speed up the pace on President Joe Biden’s federal judicial nominees.

Demand Justice, a progressive group focused on judicial nominations, and Indivisible Chicago Alliance, a local progressive group, said Monday they made at six-figure ad buy that will target Illinois, Durbin’s home state.

“Tell Senator Durbin: Don’t give Mitch McConnell a chance to block Biden’s Judges. #FillEverySeat,” one ad reads.

The campaign comes as progressives worry about the Senate potentially changing hands after the midterms, undoing the slim Democratic ...