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https://19thnews.org/2024/08/cori-bush-wesley-bell-primary-election- results/?itm_source=parsely-api
Two-term U.S. House of Representatives Rep. Cori Bush on Tuesday lost her Democratic primary to Wesley Bell, a local prosecutor supported by pro-
Israel groups that injected millions of dollars into the race, Decision
Desk HQ projects.
Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, in the St. Louis area, is heavily Democratic, so the winner of the primary is strongly favored to win the
general election in November.
Bush, 48, was first elected to the House in 2020, beating a 20-year
Democratic incumbent for the seat and becoming the first Black woman to represent Missouri. The Black Lives Matter activist joined the high-
profile Squad, a progressive group made up mostly of women of color that
has tried to pull the Democratic Party left on issues such as Medicare for
All and a Green New Deal. Her work in Washington has focused on affordable housing, including preventing evictions, and protecting reproductive
rights.
Bell, 49, who is also Black, beat a White 25-year incumbent to become St.
Louis County prosecutor in 2018, running on a platform of community-based policing and reforming the cash bail system. He previously served on the Ferguson City Council. Bell initially said he would challenge Republican
Sen. Josh Hawley this year before reversing course and pursuing Bush’s
House seat.
Bush and Bell both began their political careers during the 2014 racial
justice protests in Ferguson that began after a White police officer
fatally shot Black teenager Michael Brown. Officer Darren Wilson was never indicted; a Justice Department investigation concluded he acted in self defense.
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