Wesley Bell shifts focus from Senate to challenge Cori Bush for House seat
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St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has dropped his bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley in 2024 and will instead run against U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in the 2024 Democratic primary for Missouri's 1st Congressional District seat. Bell, who emerged as a political force after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, criticized Bush's stance on Hamas and Israel. St. Louis is overwhelmingly Democratic, making the primary winner the favorite to win in November.
- St. Louis County prosecutor drops U.S. Senate bid, will instead oppose Cori Bush in House race The Associated Press
- Wesley Bell to run for Cori Bush's seat in US congress FOX 2 St. Louis
- Democrat drops out of Missouri Senate race, challenges Cori Bush for House seat The Hill
- Wesley Bell drops out of Senate race, announces run for U.S. House KMOV St. Louis
- Wesley Bell to challenge Cori Bush for 1st Congressional District seat St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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