the missouri auditor's spokesperson who killed himself this weekend wrote in his suicide note: 'i'm sorry i just can't take being unemployed again' spence jackson, 44, had served as the media director for tom schweich, who took his own life in february amid claims he was the target of an in party bullying campaign following schweich's death, jackson had been an outspoken critic of fellow republicans accused of spreading rumors about him jackson's body was found in his jefferson city apartment at 7pm on sunday during a well being check by police after they received a call from his mother, who had been unable to reach him scroll down for video  double tragedy: spence jackson, left, was found dead on sunday   just a month after his boss, missouri state auditor tom schweich, right, took his life amid rumors he was the victim of a bullying campaign  he died of a single self inflicted bullet wound to the head and was found in his bedroom beside a a 357 magnum revolver and a spent cartridge, authorities said on tuesday, jefferson city police captain doug schoemaker released jackson's suicide brief note, which was found on the living room table, at the request of his family the note was dated march 27, which coincides with other indications of when he took his life colleagues told the st louis post dispatch that jackson failed to come back to work after taking lunch that day 'this is being handled strictly as a suicide,' schoemaker said 'there is no reason, anything at all, to the contrary' also on tuesday, jackson's family released a statement thanking people for the 'overwhelming outpouring of love and support we have received' 'spence was a loving son, brother, uncle and friend to many,' the statement continued 'he was a kind, caring and loyal person spence was passionate about his career and for the elected officials, candidates and causes he represented' they added that they encourage anyone who might need help to seek it questions: jefferson city police department captain doug shoemaker answers questions during a news conference on monday, hours after jackson was found dead from an apparent self inflicted gun wound  his death comes weeks after his boss, tom schweich, shot himself dead minutes after telling a reporter he wanted to go public with allegations he was being bullied by fellow republicans schweich, who launched his republican gubernatorial campaign in january and was considered a frontrunner, was targeted by state gop chairman john hancock, according to his supporters hancock allegedly told people that schweich   who was christian but had jewish ancestry   was jewish with the implication that it was a negative attribute in a gubernatorial campaign the auditor had expressed angst to friends that he believed he was the victim of 'an anti semitic whispering campaign' on february 26, he shot himself at his clayton home just minutes after telling an associated press reporter about the tactics schweich, 54, left behind his wife kathleen and their two young children, emilie and thomas at his funeral days later, former us sen john danforth, an episcopal priest, suggested during his eulogy that schweich had been driven to kill himself by political bullying scrutiny: schweich supporters accused state gop chairman john hancock, pictured, of falsely claiming he was jewish to damage his gubernatorial campaign police have found no evidence of the bullying  heartbroken: schweich's relatives comfort each other outside his funeral on march 3, a week after he shot himself dead just moments earlier, he told reporters he wanted to go public with the bullying claims  some schweich supporters called on hancock to resign or for the republican state committee to remove him jackson was among those who had called for hancock's resignation but a week ago, clayton police detective lt don bass said schweich left behind no suicide note and that detectives have found no evidence that he was the target of political bullying 'i think everybody's looking for a rational reason for an irrational act  but right now we're not finding anything,' bass said, adding that based on 'the leads and sources that we have heard from, we have not been able to prove that there was a whispering campaign' hancock has also denied the allegation and said that he has received support from the state committee to continue in his role after the death of his boss, jackson continued to work as the auditor's spokesperson he had started working as schweich's media director in may 2011 after holding several key republican jobs in state government in the early 2000s, he was communications director for then secretary of state matt blunt, and then worked for blunt's campaign committee in 2004 as blunt ran for governor at work: jackson, pictured in january 2002, had several key republican jobs in state government  loss: 44 year old jackson, pictured, had worked with state officials for more than a decade and was remembered by former secretary of state matt blunt as 'hard working, well liked and quick witted' following news of jackson's death, blunt released a statement about his 'hard working, well liked and quick witted' friend and former colleague 'melanie and i are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of spence jackson who was a good friend for many years,' it read 'spence was a gifted communicator who dedicated his talents in public affairs to public servicehe will truly be missed we mourn his passing and offer our prayers to his family and friends' after working for blunt, jackson moved to the missouri department of economic development, where he worked for just over two years • for confidential help, call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 1 800 273 8255 or click here  • for confidential support on suicide matters in the uk, call the samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local samaritans branch or click here 
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spence jackson, 44, was found dead inside his apartment from a self inflicted gun wound on sunday during a well being check by police . on tuesday, authorities released his short suicide note, which read: 'i'm sorry i just can't take being unemployed again'. he had worked for state auditor tom schweich, who shot himself dead in february after claiming he was the victim of a bullying campaign . his supporters accused state gop chairman john hancock of telling people schweich was jewish to damage his gubernatorial campaign . jackson had called for hancock's resignation . last week, police said there was no evidence of a bullying campaign 