Missouri Democratic congressional candidate Cori Bush gives her victory speech at her campaign office on Aug. 4, 2020 in St.
Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) ST. LOUIS - Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer's fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, ousted longtime Rep.
William Lacy Clay Tuesday in Missouri's Democratic primary, ending a political dynasty that has spanned more than a half-century.Bush's victory came in a rematch of 2018, when she failed to capitalize on a national Democratic wave that favored political newcomers such as Bush’s friend, Rep.