Cori Bush is running for Congress again [View all]

Source: MSNBC News

Oct. 3, 2025, 3:15 PM EDT


Cori Bush is running for Congress again, the progressive activist announced Friday.

Bush is seeking her old seat in Missouri’s reliably blue 1st District, which she lost to former St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell in a 2024 primary.

Bush won the first of two terms in 2020, parlaying her prominence leading protests after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown into an unofficial spot as part of the “Squad,” a group of young House progressives.

“I ran for Congress to change things for regular people. I’m running again because St. Louis deserves leadership that doesn’t wait for permission, doesn’t answer to wealthy donors and doesn’t hide when things get tough,” Bush said in her campaign video announcement this time around.

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