Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) has no plans to endorse in the race for his Illinois Senate seat, though he left the door open to backing a would-be successor in an “extreme case.” “I’m not planning on endorsing any particular candidate.

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton announced she will run for U.S. Senate next year on Thursday morning. If she wins the Democratic primary and the subsequent general election, Stratton would be the second Black woman elected to represent Illinois in the Senate.