WASHINGTON — GOP Rep. Billy Long was walking through a Capitol hallway recently when he encountered Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, who predicted aloud that the congressman would probably be a candidate for the newly open U.S. Senate seat in Missouri.
“You’d be better than a lot of them in there,” Schumer told Long, before adding, “What do you think about [Eric] Greitens?”
Long didn’t reply, but the brief exchange told him that Schumer was intrigued with the potential Senate candidacy of the former Missouri governor, who was forced from office in 2018 amid an affair and allegations of sexual misconduct.
