Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., was defeated on Tuesday by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell in what ended up being the second most expensive primary election in history.
In the weeks before Tuesday's vote, United Democracy Project, the campaign arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), spent $8 million on Bell's behalf. The race for Missouri's 1st District was overshadowed in spending only by the primary election in New York's 16th District in June, where AIPAC helped defeat Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., who like Bush is a progressive member of the "Squad" and a critic of Israel.
