Ferguson Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush unseated 10-term Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO) in Missouri’s primary elections on Tuesday, marking yet another progressive upset victory against an establishment Democrat in the 2020 primaries.
Bush defeated Clay by a little over 3 points with 48.6% of the vote to the congressman’s 45.5%, per the New York Times.
“We’ve been dismissed as an impossible fringe movement, but now we are a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-generational multi-faith mass movement united in demanding change,” Bush told supporters in her victory speech. “In demanding accountability. In demanding that our police, our government, our country recognize that Black lives do indeed matter, and that these are not just words.”
Bush’s victory marks another primary race that saw a progressive insurgent oust a longtime establishment-backed Democrat, most notably Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and infamously conservative Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL).
This is an indication of what could be a very sad November for Republicans. Congrats to Bush. She will be the first black woman repping Missouri.
I’m assuming that given that Clay has held the seat for 20 years, it’s considered a fairly safe Dem seat.
In which case, a big welcome to the new congressperson for Missouri Cori Bush.
Poor Nancy must be having the sadz.
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Missouri votes for Medicaid expansion over GOP governor’s objections
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Voters in deep-red Missouri narrowly approved Medicaid expansion on Tuesday over the objections of Republican state leaders.
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As a Missourian, I celebrate the vote on the expansion of Medicaid. However, the R legislature has a history of disregarding voter preferences.