By: MaryMillerStan On March 8 of 2021, incumbent senator Roy Blunt of Missouri announced his retirement. Naturally, this was good riddance, for multiple reasons. He has been in DC since 1997 and, on policy, Blunt is basically a relic of the Bush-neoconservative era. He also is currently the third highest ranking Republican after Mitch McConnell and John Thune, indicating his establishmentarian ties. Blunt was also a massive underperformer. He won by less than three percent in 2016, while Trump won the state by over eighteen percent. Blunt is joining the likes of other retiring RINO senators not seeking re-election in 2022, a group that includes Rob Portman of Ohio, Richard…