Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill canceled her campaign events through the end of the week in order to spend time with her ill mother, the AP reports.
McCaskill campaign spokesman Caitlin Legacki said Tuesday that the Democratic senator is with her 84-year-old mother, Betty Anne McCaskill, at an intensive care unit of a St. Louis hospital.
McCaskill canceled campaign stops Tuesday in Mount Vernon, Butler and Clinton. Legacki said she also canceled the rest of her get-out-the-vote tour in rural Missouri and all other campaign events through the end of the week.
Republican challenger Todd Akin offered his “thoughts & payers” on Twitter:
Our thoughts & prayers are with @clairecmc and her mother. huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/201…
— Todd Akin (@ToddAkin) October 23, 2012
