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FDRsGhost

(470 posts)
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:38 AM Apr 2017

Justice Democrats draft Cory Bush

to run in MO's 1st district.
I like her! Her resume is very impressive from being a pastor to a Ferguson activist.

MO-SEN Cori Bush -- Ferguson Activist Running for US Senate as a Bernie Sanders Democrat.




Born and raised in the St. Louis Missouri area, Cori is an ordained pastor, an activist & organizer with Ferguson Frontline, co-director of the Truth Telling Project, an international presenter on nonviolent conflict, and a Nonviolence 365 Ambassador with The King Center, civics chairperson for Better Family Life Inc.’s Membership Association, and a part of Ferguson’s Women’s Caucus.

Cori Bush is running as an unapologetic Bernie Sanders supporter. She is running on his issues and his platform. When Bernie appeared earlier this week in Edwardsville, Illinois, Cori crossed the Mississippi to open for Bernie and she electrified the crowd of thousands. Cori is running against the Front Page’s Any Democrat Will Do Campaign’s candidate, Jason Kander, Missouri’s Secretary of State, for now. The winner of their contest will face Republican incumbent and mostly useless waste of organic molecules, US Senator, Roy Blunt.

Read on for some ideas about the potential relevance of people like Cori Bush to the prospects of Bernie Sanders in the next round of voting.





More---- https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/3/10/1499259/-MO-SEN-Cori-Bush-Ferguson-Activist-Running-for-US-Senate-as-a-Bernie-Sanders-Democrat


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Justice Democrats draft Cory Bush (Original Post) FDRsGhost Apr 2017 OP
I wish her every success and will contribute financially. I support Democrats. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #1

Demsrule86

(69,011 posts)
1. I wish her every success and will contribute financially. I support Democrats.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 10:01 AM
Apr 2017

It will be interesting to see if a progressive (who shares my values) can win in Missouri. I sure hope she can ...we need to take back the House. I would add one caveat...I am not convinced that progressives can win in deep red states. Missouri while trending red has elected some Democrats including a governor and Senator (more I am sure but that is what comes to mind).

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