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Party. when john came to his office and they talked about raising money in the gubernatorial campaign in the state, quote, although i do not recall the exact words mr. hancock used he said words to the effect well you know that he is jewish. the tone of his comment was clear. he tom schweich is jewish and that is negative attribute for the rate. this is an incredible turn of events, right? 2015, really leading candidate for governor. statewide elected office holder himself. kills himself. less than a month after declaring he's running for governor because he's so upset about anti-semitic smear...

Have each day. there was nothing malicious about my intent and i certainly was not attempting to inject religion in to the governor's race. the same party chairman explained to the st. louis post dispatch elaborated on that he said this is how the st. louis post dispatch wrote it up hancock said he may have mentioned that he was jewish by it was an innocent conversation. he vehemently denied it was meant as a smear but a description similar to saying i'm presbyterian and somebody else is catholic. at the funeral days later, former u.s. senator john danforth delivered the eulogy and ripped that...

One of the first republican candidates to declare he was running for governor this year in missouri is the state auditor. he declared january 28th he was running for governor in missouri. less than a month later on february 26th he killed himself under circumstances that even now a month later are hard to get your head around. it was less than a half hour before he killed himself that tom had called two well-known missouri reporters. asked these reporters to come to his house saying he wanted to give them a public statement. he had spoke to the reports before. they knew what he wanted to talk ...

Now two men are dead. the party chairman still has a job, still has his job. catherine hanaway's governor campaign proceeds and no one knows what shoe is left to drop in this political story that is both unbelievable and unbelievably terrible in human terms. joining us is political reporter with kansas city star. nice to see you. thank you for joining us. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> is there anything more to add in terms of what we know about this investigation? do we know if the police are treating this as a related matter to tom schweich's suicide? >> they believe it may be related b...

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...