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With Greitens out, independent is new challenge for Schmitt

FILE - John Wood, committee investigative staff counsel, speaks for the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on June 16, 2022. Wood, a Republican running as an independent, will face off against Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine in the November elections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Trudy Busch Valentine gives her victory speech at her watch party after victory in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate from Missouri, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in St. Louis. Valentine will face off against former Jan. 6 committee investigator John Wood, a Republican running as an independent, and Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in the November elections. (Hillary Levin/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)

FILE - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt acknowledges the crowd of supporters at his election night watch party in St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, after winning the GOP primary for U.S. Senate. Schmitt be facing two opponents with deep pockets in November - Democrat and Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine, and independent John Wood. Wood is a Republican who has the financial backing of a PAC led by former Republican Sen. John Danforth. (Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)

With Greitens out, independent is new challenge for Schmitt