Cori Bush trounces Steve Roberts in 1st District U.S. House race | Politics
Mark Schlinkmann
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Austin Huguelet
ST. LOUIS — U.S. Rep. Cori Bush rolled to a big win Tuesday over state Sen. Steve Roberts in a hard-fought battle for the Democratic nomination for the 1st District U.S. House seat.Bush, the Ferguson activist who became Missouri’s first Black female congresswoman in 2020, took almost 70% of the vote, according to final unofficial returns. Roberts, an attorney, had only about 27%. Trailing were three other candidates.Those results were from all precincts reporting in St. Louis a...