Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), an outgoing member of the “Squad” in Congress, believes she may run for Congress in the future.
Speaking to Politico, Bush said, “The possibilities are endless. All I know right now is that I am not going anywhere. I’m going to keep fighting for the issues that I fought for before I ever entered Congress, and since I’ve been in Congress.”
“Running for office again is not off the table at all. I did not expect to only be in Congress for four years, and so I do believe at some point I will run again, whether it’s for Congress or something else, I don’t know. I don’t have any plans right now, but it’s not off the table,” she explained. “What I will do, though, is I will organize and I will work on the same issues and more that I started with before I ever made it to the Congress.”
Discussing the departure of Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) from the squad, Bush said, “The Squad will keep fighting. First of all, the Squad is big. And I know we want to make the Squad just out to be a few people, but we don’t do this work by ourselves.”
“Anyone who underestimates our power is severely mistaken, because we aren’t going anywhere, and I will always be Squad. I’m not going far,” she added.
Bowman similarly indicated that he may seek office again.
He told City & State: “There’s many ways to impact electoral politics. I plan to be a part of that from a community organizing perspective and a fundraising perspective. And yes, there is a good chance I will run for office again, at some point, depending on the right situation and where that goes.”
