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In the latest round of congressional primaries on Tuesday, far-left Congresswoman Cori Bush (R-Mo.) was defeated by a Democratic challenger who was backed by multiple pro-Israel groups.
As reported by Politico, St. Louis prosecutor Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) ousted Bush in her bid for a third term. The race for Missouri’s first congressional district became the second most-expensive U.S. House primary in history, due in large part to the spending on Bell’s behalf by outside groups; the largest amount came from American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) super PAC, the United Democracy Project, which spent $8 million against Bush due to her criticism of Israel in the midst of the ongoing war against the Islamic terrorist group Hamas.
With the final votes being tabulated, Bell leads with 51.2% of the vote to Bush’s 45.6%, a margin of just under 7,000 votes. A third Democrat, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, garnered just 2.6%.
“I am deeply honored and humbled by the trust the people of this district have placed in me,” said Bell in a statement after his primary win. “This victory belongs to every volunteer, every supporter, and every voter who believes in our vision for a better future.”
Despite the massive spending by pro-Israel groups, the topic of Israel was hardly raised by either of the two candidates. Bell, while also campaigning as a progressive, mostly criticized Bush for missing numerous votes, as well as her vote against the infrastructure bill that passed with bipartisan support in 2021.
Bush’s campaign largely accused Bell of opportunism, after he initially announced a run for the U.S. Senate against Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) before switching to Bush’s district. She was supported by the far-left group Justice Democrats, which spent $2 million in support of her campaign.
Speaking to supporters on the night of her loss, Bush angrily targeted AIPAC by name, yelling “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down!”
Bush is the second Democratic incumbent to lose a primary in this election cycle, with the first being Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.). Both Bush and Bowman are members of a far-left, progressive faction of the House that is informally known as “the Squad.” Bowman was similarly defeated by a pro-Israel challenger, Westchester County Executive George Latimer (D-N.Y.), in a 17-point landslide. Bowman, like Bush, had first been elected in 2020 and was seeking a third term.
Bush’s defeat in the primary marks a poetic end to her political career, as Bush herself rose to prominence for narrowly defeating an incumbent, Congressman Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), in the primary in 2020. She had previously failed to unseat Clay in 2018, and also mounted an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 2016, coming in a distant second in the Democratic primary.
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