Official: New Missouri Auditor to Cut Deputy, Chief of Staff

Republicans in the Missouri Senate want to make sure the governor doesn't create a health care exchange without their consent.
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Missouri's deputy state auditor says he and another official will lose their jobs once a new auditor takes office next week.

Deputy Auditor Harry Otto said Wednesday that he and chief of staff Trish Vincent will be replaced when Nicole Galloway is sworn-in.

Galloway was picked by fellow Democratic Governor Jay Nixon as a permanent replacement to former Republican Auditor Tom Schweich . Schweich fatally shot himself February 26th.

Schweich's spokesman Spence Jackson killed himself a month later. Police investigating his death say he left a hand-written note expressing concern about potentially becoming unemployed.

Otto says those are the only two planned staffing changes so far. He says most of the employees likely will remain.

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