Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, is a member of the progressive cadre Lawmakers known as “the squad” She believes she will eventually run for political office again.
The outgoing congresswoman took office in 2021 and won re-election in 2022 but He lost the Democratic primary In Missouri's 1st Congressional District this year.
“Running for president again is not out of the question at all. I didn't expect to only be in Congress for four years, so I think at some point I'll run again. Whether it's for Congress or something else, I'm not doing that.” “I don't have any plans right now, but it's not on the table,” she said. POLITICO.
“The division will continue the fight,” she declared. “The numbers will be smaller for the 119th Congress, but they will continue to fight for the people who need it most. They will not change their priorities and what they believe in. The number of people in Congress on the team will just be smaller but they have never been silent. Anyone who underestimates our strength is… Sorely mistaken, because we're not going anywhere, I'll always be the team and I'll never go away.
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, delivers her concession speech during a primary election watch party at Chevre Events on August 6, 2024 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
Like Bush, outgoing Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., another member of the team who took office in 2021, will leave Congress after… Losing the Democratic primary this year.
Bowman indicated he may seek office again.
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, attend a news conference to introduce legislation that would give the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to enforce a federal eviction moratorium in the interest of public health, at the Capitol Hill on September 21, 2021, in Washington, DC (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
“The liberating aspect of not being in Congress officially is now that I have an opportunity to help and support my community in so many ways. There are so many ways to teach and be a mentor and lead when it comes to education. There are so many ways to influence electoral politics. I plan to be a part of That's from a community organizing perspective and a fundraising perspective, and yeah, there's a good chance I'll run for office again, at some point, depending on the right situation and where that goes,” Bowman said, according to City and state.
“I will be very local at first in my engagement,” he noted. “It's time to build that strength in places like Yonkers in the Bronx, across the city and state and across the country.”
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., during a campaign stop at the Edenwald Houses housing project in the Eastchester neighborhood of the Bronx in New York, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Ping Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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