What is Cori Bush?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Cori Bush |image = Cori Bush 117th U.S Congress.jpg |state = [[Missouri]] |district = {{ushr|MO|1|1st}} |term_start = January 3, 2021 |term_end = January 3, 2025 |predecessor = [[Lacy Clay]] |successor = [[Wesley Bell]] |birth_name = Cori Anika Bush |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|21}} |birth_place = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = |children = 2 |education = [[Harris-Stowe State University]]<br>[[Lutheran School of Nursing]] |website = {{url|coribush.org|Campaign website}} }} '''Cori Bush''' (born July{{nbsp}}21, 1976)<ref>{{cite tweet|user=CoriBush|number=1285728498754236422|date=July 21, 2020|title=Today I’m celebrating my 44th birthday!!}}</ref> is an American politician, registered nurse, pastor, and activist. Bush was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Missouri|Missouri's]] [[Missouri's 1st congressional district|1st congressional district]] from 2021 to 2025. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 31, 2018|title=Meet Cori Bush, the Ferguson Activist Vying to Be Missouri's First Black Congresswoman|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gy3dvj/cori-bush-missouri-congress-lacy-clay|access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref> On August 4, 2020, she beat 10-term incumbent [[Lacy Clay]] in the [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri|2020]] U.S. House of Representatives [[primary election]]. She won the general election in November 2020. In 2024, she lost her re-election campaign for the Democratic nomination to [[Wesley Bell]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Cori}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American political activists]] [[Category:American progressives]] [[Category:United States representatives from Missouri]] [[Category:Politicians from St. Louis, Miss