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Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri

Headline from The Columbian

ST. LOUIS — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott case over slavery was argued in 1847, former Rep. Cori Bush portrayed her ouster from Congress as another historic setback to be reversed.

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  1. The Columbian

    Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri (opens The Columbian)

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    ST. LOUIS — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott case over slavery was argued in 1847, former Rep. Cori Bush portrayed her ouster from Congress as another historic setback to be reversed.

  2. The Columbian

    Rematch in Missouri represents key test for Democratic Party (opens The Columbian)

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    ST. LOUIS — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott case over slavery was argued in 1847, former Rep. Cori Bush portrayed her ouster from Congress as another historic setback set to be reversed.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Bush, Bell rematch in Missouri primary (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    ST. LOUIS -- Cori Bush, a progressive Missouri firebrand who started her political career as a Black Lives Matter organizer in Ferguson, served two terms before losing a primary challenge to Wesley Bell, a moderate St. Louis prosecutor.

  4. PBS NewsHour

    In Missouri, Cori Bush and Wesley Bell's primary rematch sets up key test for Democrats (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    A progressive firebrand who started her political career as a Black Lives Matter organizer in Ferguson, Bush served two terms before losing a primary challenge to Wesley Bell, a moderate local prosecutor.

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