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#WhyIVote: 1st District Congressional candidates answer your questions

We took our big whiteboard and asked voters what issues are important to them.
Credit: Clancy, Samuel

We want to know why you're voting in the primary next Tuesday.

We took our big whiteboard and asked voters what issues are important to them.

Five On Your Side's Christina Coleman then took those messages to longtime congressman Lacy Clay and his challenger Cori Bush. Voters wrote questions on our whiteboard for changes they want to see and answered our #WhyIVote.

Questions like:

  • How do we care for the unhoused community?
  • How will you address healthcare in Congress and protect pre-existing conditions?
  • How will you ensure equitable access to education regardless of zip code?
  • What new ideas do you have for Congress?
  • What will you do to protect the LGBTQ community, especially rights for transgender people?
  • How will you address police accountability?
  • How will you treat the pain and trauma for people in the community?
  • What programs would you like for at-risk youth?

For the full answers from both candidates, watch the videos below.

Lacy Clay

Cori Bush

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