Former Jan. 6 investigator John Wood files petition for independent US Senate run in MO

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former U.S. attorney John Wood, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri who is seeking to appeal to moderate Republicans, said he collected 22,000 signatures to get his name on the November ballot. Wood and his campaign team delivered three boxes of signed petitions to the Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office in Jefferson City Monday morning — one day before voters head to the polls for the Aug. 2 primary election. “Our first goal when we kicked off this campaign was to secure our place on the November ballot so Missourians who are sick and tired...