A tap on the door. A Missouri trooper enters, kneels, takes her hand, and Jean Carnahan knows.
Time stops for a family, a campaign and a state.
An election epilogue About this series This series is a result of dozens of interviews with persons about their actions and thoughts during the tragedy of the governor's death and the days leading to the Nov. 7 election. Everyone in the immediate Carnahan family and their Democratic circle consented to discuss those events. Sen. John Ashcroft is the only primary character who did not participate. His recent nomination as U.S. attorney general resulted in the cancellation of an interview, but discussions with his aides and others offered important insights on how the Republicans also struggled to deal with the events of Oct. 16 and thereafter.