ST. LOUIS – Cori Bush is running to keep her seat as a Missouri Congresswoman, stepping up efforts for her reelection on Saturday afternoon.
Bush and supporters gathered for a new campaign kickoff event at the North Oaks Plaza in north St. Louis County. Nearly 500 people attended the event.
Bush spoke in length about the importance of working with elected officials and groups of supporters to make sure their voices are heard in representing the St. Louis area.
“It would be so much easier for me to go back to being a nurse every single day working as a nurse, which I love. But that’s not where my calling is right now,” said Bush. “My calling is to be here to serve you to represent you by talking with you, working with you, by hearing from you, being out in the street with you, learning what you need, and hearing from you.”
Bush was first elected to her role in 2018. She is the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri.
In recent months, Bush has been vocal about the Hamas global conflict and an abrupt nursing home closure in north St. Louis.
Bush, a Democrat, will be challenged by St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell in the 2024 Democratic primary election, which is set for Aug. 6, 2024.
District 1 covers all of St. Louis City and several cities in north and central St. Louis County. The congressional district seat, which was last occupied by a Republican in 1949.
