article_snippet: Schweich, a Republican, launched an anti-corruption campaign for governor last month and was thought to have a good chance of winning.
article_snippet: Schweich was first elected in 2010 and easily won election to a second term in November.
article_snippet: President George W. Bush appointed Schweich to the State Department in 2005 as an international law enforcement official and picked Schweich two years later to coordinate the anti-drug and justice reform efforts in Afghanistan.
highlights_snippet: Schweich, a Republican, launched a campaign for governor last month .