From The Hill: Former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) announced Friday she’s launching a comeback bid to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District after she was ousted in her primary last year by Rep. Wesley Bell (D-Mo.).
“I ran for Congress because I know what it feels like to be a working-class St. Louisan. Too often unseen, unheard, left out,” Bush said in a more than two-minute ad. “I promised to fight for St. Louis, and we delivered.”
Bush, who served in the House between 2021 and 2025 and was a member of the progressive group known as the “squad,” was defeated during her primary last year as a group aligned with the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other opponents spent millions backing her opponent, Bell, the then-St. Louis County prosecutor.
The former nurse and community activist has been a staunch critic of Israel, which invited in a well-funded primary challenge against her.
In her ad, Bush, a Black Lives Matter activist, takes on an angry, vengeful tone, and declares she intends to return to U.S. Congress.
St. Louis deserves a leader who is built different. That’s why I’m running to represent Missouri’s 1st District in Congress.
We need a fighter who will lower costs, protect our communities, and make life fairer. I’ll be that fighter.
Join us: https://t.co/9T0EkpWvIL pic.twitter.com/TzONoSX5FC
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) October 3, 2025
Bush also announced she’ll be on MSNBC Sunday morning.
SUNDAY AT 10 AM ET / 9 AM CT: I’ll be joining @AliVelshi on @MSNBC to talk about why I’m running to represent the people of Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. See y’all then! https://t.co/y1azBgURwZ
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) October 4, 2025
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