[3] Following graduation from Kirkwood High School,[4] Spence earned a degree in Home Economics from the University of Missouri in Columbia.

It’s a good point in my life and I feel the urgency to do something, and I can’t sleep at night knowing that I can make a difference and rally the troops and get the state turned around if I had the opportunity and said no.

[9] Regarding the errors, Spence told the Associated Press "I have said all along that I will not or do not lie ... A lot of this is overblown, as I was not aware of any place that said business school ...

[11] Spence was defeated by incumbent Democrat Jay Nixon in the November 2012 general election.

[12][13] In his contest against Nixon, Spence had the support of Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum political action committee.