BL M CANDIDATE WINS IN ST. LOUIS, OUSTS LONGTIME INCUMBENT

by Bob Walsh

In what might be a sign of things to come a BLM candidate for congress knocked off a long-time sitting representative.

Cori Bush , a BLM organizer, beat William Lacy Clay in the Democratic primary election.  Clay had held this seat for 18 years.  Ms. Bush also challenged Clay two years ago, and lost by 20%.  

This is a solid Democrat district, meaning that winning the primary is pretty much the same thing as winning the general election.  Ms. Bush will almost certainly become the first Black female representative from Missouri in congress.

Clay was as member of the Progressive Caucus and a supporter of both Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, so this was not just a liberal versus non-liberal vote.  

Bush was supported by a group known as the Justice Democrats.  They also supported AOC, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Talib in their runs for office.