Bobby Rush and his decades-long impact on Chicago

By Steve Bynum, Daniel Tucker
Election 2022 Rush
FILE - U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., who announced his retirement from Congress on Monday, waves to guests in the balcony as he takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, before President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File / AP Photo
Election 2022 Rush
FILE - U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., who announced his retirement from Congress on Monday, waves to guests in the balcony as he takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, before President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File / AP Photo

Bobby Rush and his decades-long impact on Chicago

By Steve Bynum, Daniel Tucker
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Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush says he’ll retire after 30 years representing Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs. Reset talks with a former political strategist for Rush as well as a political scientist. 

GUESTS: Delmarie Cobb, political strategist 

Robert Starks, director of the Harold Washington Institute for Research and Policy Studies at Northeastern Illinois University