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Takes his or her own life. the republicans will say that too. the politics are very tough. that doesn't 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 this will dominate the discussion in to 2016 enmake it difficult for republicans to redirect atten...

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 things i cannot answer but i will try to answer to the best of my ability. >> we do have a note. i won...

And he didn't 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 wasn't 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 schweich killed himself. another issue he was concerned about in the whispering campaign, the negat...

Tired of even talking about it. quote, he is tired of talking about the controversy. i'm 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 auditor's 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 sunday march 29th 2015 at just after 7 p.m. jefferson police responded to the apartment at for wha...

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 governor's 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 ...