Rep. Cori Bush Second Squad Member to Be Unseated in Primary
August 7, 2024
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Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) was unseated in a close primary race on Tuesday night for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District.
Bush, who is a member of the Squad, received, 51,197 votes, or 45.8 percent, while her opponent Wesley Bell, a prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County, received 57,062 votes, or 51.0 percent of the vote,
according to
the
Associated Press
.
Prior to the election, a
poll
from June, that was conducted by the Mellman Group and published by
Politico,
showed that Bell overcame “a double-digit deficit in January to pull ahead” of Bush by one point.