Bobby Rush, only politician to win against Obama, to retire from Congress
by Martin Pengelly and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5TN0N)
Democratic representative from Illinois faced Obama in a House primary in 2000 and beat him by more than 30 points
The only politician ever to beat Barack Obama will retire from the US Congress at the end of the year.
Bobby Rush, a Democratic representative from Illinois, faced Obama in a House primary in 2000 - and beat him by more than 30 points. Obama went on to win a US Senate seat in 2004 and become America's first Black president five years later.
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