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Ohio Joe

(21,727 posts)
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:59 AM Jun 2022

January 6 committee investigator John Wood is launching an independent Senate campaign in Missouri i

John Wood, a former US Attorney in Missouri who's fresh off of a stint as a senior investigative counsel on the January 6 committee, is launching an independent campaign for US Senate in Missouri.

As he announced his campaign, he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he believes former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is likely to win the Republican nomination, and that voters deserved an alternative.

Greitens, whose tenure as governor ended in a "revenge porn" scandal in 2018, recently released an ad that depicted him hunting "Republicans in Name Only" (RINOs)" in a violent, military-style raid.

"This RINO-hunting business has become a national story and I think that that advertisement is an embarrassment to our state, and it's dangerous," Wood told the Post-Dispatch. "I think Eric Greitens is a danger to women, he's a danger to children, and he's a danger to our democracy."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/january-6-committee-investigator-john-wood-is-launching-an-independent-senate-campaign-in-missouri-in-an-effort-to-stop-eric-greitens/ar-AAYZNe8?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=262fde6b6add4206baa51172ccf9128d

So... Someone tell me a story about Missouri as I know very little about it. Does a repug running as an independent give a dem any chance there? Does it split the repug vote enough to help us?

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rso

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Wed Jun 29, 2022, 12:03 PM
Jun 2022

Sounds like it can't hurt, though I hope he doesn't take votes away from the democratic candidate as well.

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