Cori Bush, 47, ended 2023 with just a little more than $215,000 cash on hand, campaign finance filings show, while Democratic challenger Wesley Bell had nearly $409,000.
Rep. Cori Bush is trailing her chief rival, Wesley Bell, both financially and in a recent poll, which saw Bell up by 22 points ahead of their Aug. 6 primary.
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Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who is facing a Justice Department investigation over her campaign's security spending, which includes payments to her husband, has a campaign cash crunch and is trailing her Democrat primary challenger in terms of money on hand. Bush's campaign has struggled to retain cash with under six months to go until the Aug. 6