Lawmaker demands clean politics after auditor's death

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri state senator, his voice cracking with emotion, on Monday challenged his political colleagues to clean up their campaign tactics following the death of gubernatorial candidate and State Auditor Tom Schweich in an apparent suicide.

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