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Veteran House Democrat William Lacy Clay falls to liberal insurgent Cori Bush in Missouri primary

By Naomi Lim
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Veteran House Democrat William Lacy Clay falls to liberal insurgent Cori Bush in Missouri primary

A 20-year House Democrat has been toppled by an insurgent primary challenger for a Missouri district once held by his father.

Rep. William Lacy Clay, 64, lost his primary race against pastor and Ferguson activist Cori Bush to continue representing Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. Their Aug. 4 contest was a rematch of their 2018 meeting, in which Clay, a prominent Congressional Black Caucus voice, defeated Bush by almost 20 percentage points.

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