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Takes his or her own life. the republicans will say that too. the politics are very tough. that doesnt completely explain two suicides. having said that i talked to a republican today who told me that he thinks the party should simply blow itself up in missouri. that all of the people connected with this tragedy, these tragedies, including john hancock, catherine hanaway and others should step away from the party. let other candidates come in because he thinks -- this person i talked with thinks...

For a check well-being call for robert spence jackson. according to the caller he was unresponsive to phone calls or other attempts to raise him from the apartment. the apartment manager was able to provide a key. they located jackson in his bedroom. he died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. there was no signed of forced and try or a struggle. there was a firearm recovered and one spent round as well. i will answer questions and i will remind you this is an open investigation. some th...

And he didnt want to make that concession to anyone. you get the sense that spence jackson was frustrated that the momentum that built for john hancock to step aside wasnt having the desired effect. when jack danforth tells you should leave office. in missouri it yufzed to mean something. it means less now and i think spence jackson was frustrated with that. >> thank you for being here dave. appreciate it. dave just mentioned a consultant who produced a radio ad that had been critical of tom s...

Tired of even talking about it. quote, he is tired of talking about the controversy. im ready to move on and move beyond it. that same day, friday catherine hanaway who suspended her campaign out of respect for tom schweich started the campaign up again. that friday jackson took a sick day from work at the state auditors office. he stayed home from work that day and sometime that night or the next morning he apparently killed himself as well. the same way tom schweih did, he shot himself. >> on ...

office in 2016. it will be a presidential year electorate. so that reelection race for that u.s. senate seat in missouri that will be a hot one in 2016 as is the governors race. jay nixon is term limited out. that seat will be open. the democrats seem to be coalescing around another young popular candidate that already held state office. it looks like they will pick chris costar. it is turning into a free for all with six candidates entering the ring already. it is six candidates that ...

that will be a hot one in 2016 as is the governors race. jay nixon is term limited out. that seat will be open. the democrats seem to be coalescing around another young popular candidate that already held state office. it looks like they will pick chris costar. it is turning into a free for all with six candidates entering the ring already. it is six candidates that all have a reasonable shot. that free far all is fall fascinating enough within but it is starting to field like a huge l...

race for that u.s. senate seat in missouri is going to be a hot one in 2016 as is the governors race. jay nixon is term limited out. he cannot run again. the seat will be open. the democrat s seem to be coalescing around a popular candidate that holds statewide office. democrats look like they will in terms of who he will run against, in terms of the republican side it is turning in to a free for all with at least six candidates having entered the ring already. its not just like fringe...

Says. spence jackson was tom schweichs communications director since 2011. police found his body last night after his mother was not able to contact him on friday saturday or sunday and she got very worried. they found his body on sunday night. they say he killed himself either on friday or saturday. the missouri republican party rocked by the second suicide in a month. we do not yet know what can fairly be said about the connection between the two suicides, but long-time political reporter from...

Chairmanship of the party and the consultants working with catherine hanaway who put together a radio ad critical of tom had not been punished by other members of the party. in fact that consultant continued to get work. the word we got today is spence jackson was very upset at both of those developments and aapparently, as you suggest took his life over the weekend. >> in terms of what is happening in missouri republican politics right now, obviously this is a story about politics also a story ...

Yes, this happened and the chairman of the state party did it. the first person to call openly and directed for the estate party chairman to resign because of this is a staff member from toms office his spokesman, his media director who is reportedly close to tom. they were friends. his name is spence jackson. long-time high-profile figure in missouri politics. he came out and said it before anybody else would. he said john hancock should resign as the state chairman of the republican party, sim...