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Representative Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, has received a worrying sign from a recent poll ahead of the state’s primary. On Tuesday, Representative Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, became the first member of the group of progressive House Democrats known as “the Squad” to lose a seat. On August 6, Bush, another Squad member, will try to retain her seat in Missouri’s primary. A recent poll showed her opponent, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, has made major gains and is ahead by 1 percentage point. The Mellman Group poll, commissioned for DMFI PAC, a pro-Israel political action committee, found that 43 percent of likely Democratic primary voters support Bell while 42 percent support Bush. Meanwhile, 11 percent of voters are still undecided, and 4 percent support other candidates on the ballot. The poll was conducted from June 18 to 22 and surveyed 400 voters in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, representing the likely Democratic primary electorate. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent. Meanwhile, Bell had a 10-point lead among the most regular primary voters, which the poll described as those who voted in three of the most recent primary elections. Representative Cori Bush attends a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on March 12. On August 6, she will try to retain her seat in Missouri’s Democratic primary, where she is being challenged by St…. Representative Cori Bush attends a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on March 12. On August 6, she will try to retain her seat in Missouri’s Democratic primary, where she is being challenged by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell. In its release of the June poll, the Mellman Group cited a January poll that showed Bush with 45 percent of the vote and Bell with only 29 percent. Newsweek reached out to the Bush and Bell campaigns via email for comment. A major factor in Bowman’s unsuccessful reelection campaign was his criticism of Israel in its war with Hamas. His opponent, Westchester County Executive George Latimer—who expressed his support for Israel’s right to self-defense and a two-state solution to the region’s conflicts—won after receiving $14.5 million from pro-Israel groups. Like other members of the Squad, Bush has condemned the Palestinian civilian casualties in the conflict and called for an immediate ceasefire. Since the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas that killed 1,200 Israelis, over 37,000 Palestinians have died in the war, according to Gaza Health Ministry figures reported by the Associated Press. About 250 Israelis were taken hostage in October and roughly 80 remain in Gaza, with 116 freed. Bell, meanwhile, has taken a pro-Israel stance, saying that the nation has a right to self-defense and promising to “make sure the United States remains Israel’s strongest ally,” according to his campaign’s website. Next month’s Missouri primary will show if Bush, like Bowman, is unable to keep her seat and what this may mean for progressive Democrats after criticizing Israel’s conduct of the war. While the Biden administration has stood by Israel, saying it has the right to defend itself, it has stressed the need for peace. In late May, President Joe Biden unveiled a three-part ceasefire proposal. While Hamas said it “positively views” the plan, neither it nor Israel has formally agreed to the deal
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