Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), the former House Republican Whip who is now running for his state’s open GOP-held Senate seat in 2010, just got a bit of a break. Thomas Schweich, a Washington University law professor and former ambassador who had been looking at getting into the race, has announced that he is not running after all, and has endorsed Blunt in the name of party unity.
Former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who lost the 2008 Republican primary for governor, is also eyeing the race. Polls have shown that both Blunt and Steelman trail the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sec. of State Robin Carnahan.
Even though Schweich hadn’t gotten into the race, these two had in fact already been attacking each other. But now with Schweich’s support, Blunt is one step closer to a free race in the primary.
