McConnell sidesteps saying if Greitens should end Senate bid Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sidestepped saying if former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who is running for Senate, should drop out in the wake of allegations of abuse by his former wife. Blunt: Greitens shouldn't be in Senate race if allegations are trueSen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) signaled on Tuesday that former Gov. Eric Greitens, who is running to succeed him in the Senate, should drop out of the race if allegations of abuse by his former wife are true.