Wesley Bell wins Missouri House primary as Cori Bush comeback bid fails

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62% : Wesley Bell wins in St Louis rematch as anti-Israel candidates continue primary gains The Democratic congressman Wesley Bell won his primary in the St Louis area on Tuesday, ending the progressive former representative Cori Bush's bid for a comeback and blunting the momentum pro-Palestinian candidates have shown in recent elections.
40% : The congressman has said he is in favor of supporting Israel while opposing Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
24% : The United Democracy Project, a Super Pac aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), poured about $3m into helping Bell's campaign against Bush, who served terms in the House of Representatives after being elected in 2020 and was a member of "the Squad" of progressive lawmakers of color.
20% : Bush said she opposed the infrastructure bill only because it did not contain spending on social services that Biden had promised, and that her words about the former president and vice-president were taken out of context.
7% : Bell unseated Bush, a democratic socialist who opposes aid to the US ally and accuses it of committing a genocide in Gaza, in the Democratic congressional primary two years ago with the help of millions of dollars in spending from pro-Israel groups.

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