Wesley Bell is touting big fundraising numbers this morning as incumbent Congresswoman Cori Bush’s campaign has some red ink on its books.
In a press release sent out this morning, Bell, who is currently the prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, said that he raised $492,000 in the final months of 2023 after entering the race for Missouri’s first congressional district in October.
The statement also said that Bell had continued the strong fundraising in the new year, pulling in another $100,000 in the first weeks of January, bringing his total haul to $600,000.
Meanwhile, Bush’s campaign is $130,000 in debt with $20,000 cash on hand, according to Federal Elections Commission records. Those records, however, only cover the period that ended September 30, 2023. We reached out to her campaign this morning to get a better sense of where her fundraising stands today, but haven’t heard back yet. We’ll update hit post if we hear back.
At the time preceding that last campaign finance report, Bush was in a much different position.