Sanford wins GOP nomination for his old House seat

<div id="mediaarticlebody"><p class="first">MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_1">Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford</span> has cleared another hurdle in his bid for a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_4">political comeback</span>, defeating a former <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_5">county council member</span> to win the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_2">GOP</span> nomination for a vacant U.S. House seat.</p><p>With 78 percent of precincts reporting, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_6">Sanford</span> had about 56 percent of the vote to 44 percent for <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_3">Curtis Bostic</span>, a former <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_8">Charleston County Council</span> member. The candidates were vying Tuesday in a GOP runoff in the 1st Congressional District, which covers the south coast.</p><p>Sanford will face <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_9">Elizabeth Colbert</span> (kohl-BURT') Busch and Green Party candidate Eugene Platt in a May special election. She is the sister of political satirist <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364948763853_7">Stephen Colbert</span> (kohl-BEHR').</p><p>Sanford's political career was derailed four years ago by his admission of an extramarital affair.</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/sanford-wins-gop-nomination-old-house-seat-002304287--election.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

Sanford wins GOP nomination for his old House seat

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has cleared another hurdle in his bid for a political comeback , defea...

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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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