Author Sarah Smarsh met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., last month and discussed the possibility of a bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in the 2020 election, according to a new report.

Smarsh, the author of Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, said that she’s spoken to Schumer, Democratic presidential candidates, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada about launching a Senate bid.