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Defense Appropriator Sen. Roy Blunt Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022

Defense Appropriator Sen. Roy Blunt Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a defense appropriator and chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said Monday he won’t seek reelection in 2022. Blunt, who was first elected to the Senate in 2010 after serving 14 years in the House, is now the fifth Republican senator with plans to leave the chamber at the end of their current term. During the latest defense budget cycle, Blunt noted he secured investments for F-15EX and Super Hornet fighter aircraft as well as…

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