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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Cori Bush loses primary bid to retake US House seat from AIPAC-backed Democratic incumbent
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US Representative Wesley Bell has won a rematch in a Democratic primary against former US representative Cori Bush.
Bell’s primary victory is likely to propel him to reelection in November in the heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District in St. Louis.
Bell, a former St. Louis County prosecutor, was backed by a political group affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The pro-Israeli group also financed his ouster of Bush in the 2024 primary after Bush voted against a measure to deny entry to the United States to Hamas terrorists who perpetrated the October 7, 2023, onslaught, and declined to call Hamas a terror group on the campaign trail.
Bush, who had been a part of a progressive group of House members known as the Squad, said on the campaign trail that her reelection would be a “knockout” to AIPAC.
The Times of Israel Community.