Bobby Rush
U.S. Congressperson
1946 –
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Who is Bobby Rush?
Bobby Lee Rush is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district, serving since 1993. The district is located principally on the South Side of Chicago with its population percentage being 65% African-American, higher than any other congressional district in the nation.
A member of the Democratic Party, he holds the distinction of being the only person to defeat President Barack Obama in an election, as he did in the 2000 Democratic primary for Illinois' 1st congressional district.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1946
Albany - Also known as
- Bobby L. Rush
- Bobby Lee Rush
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Baptists
- Christianity
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Roosevelt University
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- McCormick Theological Seminary
- Lived in
- Albany
- Chicago
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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