Insurgent candidate Cori Bush became the first black woman ever to be elected from the State of Missouri to the US House of Representatives. The 44-year-old Black Lives Matter activist won the State’s Democratic First Congressional District in the November 2020 election. In a much tighter primary race she had beaten Lacy Clay, an establishment Democrat who had held the seat for an astounding 10 terms. The Clay family domination of the district stretched back 52 years, with Lacy’s father holding the seat from 1968 to 2001.
Bush (no relation to the white bread Texas Republican dynasty of the same name) was supported in her campaign by progressive organizations like Justice Democrats and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and received endorsements from such high-profile figures as Angela Davis and Bernie Sanders.
