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Jeff Smith leaves Washington University teaching job
AP/KWMU (2009-08-20)
Jeff Smith (file photo)
ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Public Radio) - A Missouri state senator who has been a part-time lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis has canceled plans to teach a class this fall.

Democratic Sen. Jeff Smith of St. Louis was to teach a course about St. Louis politics, culture and society. But the university said Wednesday that Smith asked last week to be relieved of those duties.

Smith is facing a federal inquiry related to his unsuccessful 2004 congressional campaign. He has declined to comment to The Associated Press.

Smith was elected to the Missouri Senate in 2006. He taught a course at Washington University last year about political campaigns.
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