JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — John Wood, a former investigator for the House Jan. 6 committee, announced Tuesday that he was ending his independent bid for U.S. Senate in Missouri.
Wood, a former U.S. attorney who centered his campaign around the idea that both the Republican and Democratic candidates were too extreme, said on Twitter there was no realistic path for his campaign after Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt defeated embattled former Gov. Eric Greitens in the Aug. 2 Republican primary.
“I made the decision to run for the United States Senate when Eric Greitens was the favorite for the Republican nomination. That would have been unacceptable, embarrassing, and dangerous for my party, my state, and my Country,” Wood posted on Twitter Tuesday.
“I believed Missouri voters deserved a truly principled, conservative choice this November and so did more than 22,000 Missourians who helped secure my position on the ballot. Circumstances have changed.”
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