In Illinois, Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton won Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary in a race to succeed Senator Dick Durbin, who is retiring. Al Jazeera and The Intercept reported dozens of donor groups aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) gave money to Stratton’s campaign. If elected in November, Stratton could become the sixth Black woman to serve in the Senate in U.S. history.

Meanwhile, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss won the Democratic primary in a closely watched race for a U.S. House seat that has not been vacant for nearly three decades. More than a dozen Democrats ran to succeed retiring Congressmember Jan Schakowsky, who has been in office since 1999. Progressive candidate Kat Abughazaleh finished second. Groups linked to AIPAC spent millions of dollars attacking both Abughazaleh and Biss.