Hello there, I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd Cats.

In Missouri, 21 Republican candidates believe they're not our fighting for the nomination

to replace your time Republican Senator Ward Blunt.

And despite his sex and campaign finance scandals, the former half-term governor Eric Brighton

is still leading the pack but not without a lot of pushback from some outside challengers

both in the party and from the outside.

I guess today is John Wood.

He is an independent candidate running for Missouri's Senate C. He's also a former senior

investigator for the January 6th House Committee and on Monday, Wood announced that he'd reached

the 10,000 signatures necessary to appear on the ballot.

And as the St. Louis Post's dispatch reported, Wood's campaign is the support of former Republican

Senator John Danforth, whose super PAC has pledged up to $20 million to spend on this

race.

So with that, John Wood, welcome to the Todd Cats.

Thank you, Chuck.

I'm glad to be with you.

So, and I also said, mention you have been a Republican political appointee, right?

You are a U.S. attorney from Missouri's Western District.

I assume a Bush appointee.

I was a Bush appointee and I am still a Republican today.

I have been a lifelong Republican and a common sense conservative and I have not left the

party but I'm just taking a different route to get to the U.S. Senate.

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