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Democratic Rep. Cori Bush lost her primary bid against St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on Wednesday, The New York Times projected. Bush lost by 5.6%, bringing in 45.6% while Bell brought in 51.2% of the vote. Bush is the second member of the “squad,” an informal group of nine far-left House members, to be ousted by a primary challenger after Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York lost his primary bid against Westchester County Executive George Latimer on June 25. “At the end of the day, whether I’m a congresswoman or not, I’m still…

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