MO Auditor Update: (OUCH) Thomas Schweich’s outsider credentials buoyed by Missouri voting record
By Tony Messenger
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thomas Schweich
JEFFERSON CITY — State auditor candidate Thomas Schweich threw himself into Missouri politics by announcing he was an outsider.
Well, he’s no Brock Olivo, but his voting record seems to back him up.
Schweich, a Republican from Clayton, didn’t vote the last time a Missouri auditor (Democrat Susan Montee) was elected, in 2006. That was the same election that pitted Claire McCaskill against Jim Talent in the race for U.S. Senate. McCaskill beat Talent, the Republican incumbent.
Schweich had been criticized by some Republicans earlier this year for donating to McCaskill’s campaign when she was running for state auditor.
A check of St. Louis County voting records show that Schweich has voted seven times since 2000, skipping 2006 entirely and not voting in any municipal elections. He voted in general elections in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2008. Also, he voted in the presidential primary in 2000, and primaries in August 2000 and August 2008.
Schweich’s opponent in the Republican primary, state Rep. Allen Icet of Wildwood, has voted 25 times in the same time period, voting in all general elections and primaries and April municipal elections, according to county records.
“One of the reasons I’ve said I’m an outsider is that I’ve never been a really politically active person,” said Schweich in response to questions about his voting record. “I think you’ll see that I voted in all other general elections.”
Schweich was living in Virginia in 2006, when he worked for the U.S. State Department. He didn’t vote in that state that year, either.
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