Ex-Jan. 6 Panel Lawyer on Track for Missouri US Senate Run

[TexasTowelie]

Last edited Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:24 PM - Edit history (1)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former senior investigator for the U.S. House committee probing the Jan. 6 insurrection on Monday said he has enough signatures to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat.

John F. Wood said he has the 10,000 signatures needed to appear on the ballot for retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt ’s seat.

Wood said he’ll keep collecting signatures from registered voters to make sure he meets the threshold. The signatures still need to be certified by the Missouri secretary of state. The deadline to submit signatures to run as an independent is Aug. 1.

Wood's candidacy comes as some Republican leaders express concern that former Gov. Eric Greitens might prevail in a 21-candidate field for the Republican nomination for the seat in the Aug. 2 primary, then lose in November because of the sex and campaign finance scandals that pushed him from office in 2018.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-07-18/ex-jan-6-panel-lawyer-on-track-for-missouri-us-senate-run

[lastlib]

1. Greitens is going to get his votes.

Wood is more likely to get repuglikan votes who don't like the Greiten scandals and would've otherwise held their noses and voted for the Democratic candidate. I don't see him peeling that many repuglikan votes away from Greitens.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I'll go ahead and remove my closing comment

in deference to people more familiar with the political situation.

[Rebl2]

4. Former Senator Danforth

Is the one backing him. The last person he backed was Josh Hawley. Yea nothing could go wrong here with this guy.

[jonstl08]

5. Schmitt is leading

Poll just out here in Missouri shows Greitens losing to Eric Schmitt by double digits. If Schmitt is the nominee it does not look good for the Dems since not many GOP voters will vote for Wood instead of Schmitt. Schmitt is just horrible but not the baggage Greitens had.