In SC House race, Bostic calls Sanford compromised

<div id="mediaarticlebody"><p class="first">CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The man running against former <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364525463956_1">South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford</span> in a GOP runoff for an open <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364525463956_5">congressional seat</span> says <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364525463956_6">Sanford</span> is a compromised candidate who would offer Democrats a chance to win the May 7 <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364525463956_7">special election</span>.</p><p>Former <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364525463956_3">Charleston County Council</span> member <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364525463956_4">Curtis Bostic</span> said during a televised debate Thursday night that "a compromised candidate is not what we need" in the race against Democrat <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364525463956_2">Elizabeth Colbert Bush</span>, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert.</p><p>The runoff is Tuesday.</p><p>Sanford disappeared from the state in 2009, telling his staff he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail, only to return to reveal he was having an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman to whom he is now engaged.</p><p>Sanford acknowledged he "failed very publically" but said he has done a lot of soul searching since then. He added, "Not since Jesus Christ was here has there been a perfect man or woman."</p></div><img border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" width="1" /><br /><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sc-house-race-bostic-calls-sanford-compromised-025001073--election.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

In SC House race, Bostic calls Sanford compromised

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The man running against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in a GOP runoff for an open congressional seat sa...

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