American politician, nurse, and activist (born 1976)
Cori Bush
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2021
Preceded by
Lacy Clay
Personal details
Born
(1976-07-21) July 21, 1976 (age 47) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Other political affiliations
Democratic Socialists of America[a]
Spouse
Cortney Merritts (m. 2023)
Children
2
Education
Lutheran School of Nursing
Website
House website
Cori Bush's voice
Cori Bush speaks in support of the Equal Rights Amendment Recorded March 27, 2023
Cori Anika Bush (born July 21, 1976)[2] is an American politician, nurse, pastor, and Black Lives Matter activist serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district, since 2021.[3][4] The district includes all of the city of St. Louis and most of northern St. Louis County.
A member of the Democratic Party, on August 4, 2020, Bush defeated 10-term incumbent Lacy Clay in a 2020 U.S. House of Representatives primary election largely viewed as a historic upset, advancing to the November general election in a solidly Democratic congressional district. Bush is the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri. She previously ran in the Democratic primary for the district in 2018 and the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Missouri. She was featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, which covered her first primary challenge to Clay. Bush is a member of The Squad in the House of Representatives.[5]
^Stein, Jeff (August 5, 2017). "9 questions about the Democratic Socialists of America you were too embarrassed to ask". Vox. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
^"Cori Bush". Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^"Meet Cori Bush, the Ferguson Activist Vying to Be Missouri's First Black Congresswoman". July 31, 2018. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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^"Progressive 'Squad' Member Cori Bush Beats Moderate Challenger in Democratic Primary". Forbes.
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