That’s what I was wondering. Frankly, I think it was some blockbuster allegation or blackmail coming from MO GOP Chairman John Hancock (a RINO who has been working to see Catherine Hanaway anointed for the Gubernatorial race, for which she is sure to lose). Schweich apparently called a press conference the day of his suicide where he would presumably address whatever it was that was being held over his head, but he didn’t bother to wait for it before taking his life.
One thing is clear, Hancock and Hathaway should be thoroughly repudiated, since they set these events in motion. Maybe ex-State Chairman Ed Martin, a Conservative, will step up and run. Losing Tom Schweich, who was the likely odds-on favorite to succeed Nixon as Governor, was a tremendous blow.
2012 Senate runner up John Brunner has launched an exploratory committee for Governor.