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The former governor and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch squared off in a special election for Congress.
WASHINGTON — Disgraced ex-South Carolina governor Mark Sanford won his bid for redemption on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch for his old seat in Congress.
Sanford, a Republican who admitted an extramarital affair in 2009, was ready to quit politics for good if he was not victorious in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. He will replace Republican Tim Scott, who was appointed to the Senate.
The former governor — once a rising GOP star considered presidential material — was an early favorite in the Republican district, which Mitt Romney carried by 18 percentage points in the 2012 election. But the revelation that Sanford's ex-wife, Jenny, accused the candidate of trespassing at her home caused the National Republican Congressional Committee to withdraw its support in mid-April and gave Colbert Busch an opening.
At his victory party, Sanford thanked the "angels" he met during the campaign and spoke of learning about "human grace" as reflected through a higher power. "I just want to acknowledge a God not just of second chances, but of third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth chances ... because that's the reality of our shared humanity," he said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...sch-congress-election-south-carolina/2140591/
All this is what The Boston Bombing did. Voters are starting to realize that Obama cant protect you unlike George Bush did. And Benghazi scandal is starting to add up. Like i said its bad news for Democrats!
WASHINGTON — Disgraced ex-South Carolina governor Mark Sanford won his bid for redemption on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch for his old seat in Congress.
Sanford, a Republican who admitted an extramarital affair in 2009, was ready to quit politics for good if he was not victorious in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. He will replace Republican Tim Scott, who was appointed to the Senate.
The former governor — once a rising GOP star considered presidential material — was an early favorite in the Republican district, which Mitt Romney carried by 18 percentage points in the 2012 election. But the revelation that Sanford's ex-wife, Jenny, accused the candidate of trespassing at her home caused the National Republican Congressional Committee to withdraw its support in mid-April and gave Colbert Busch an opening.
At his victory party, Sanford thanked the "angels" he met during the campaign and spoke of learning about "human grace" as reflected through a higher power. "I just want to acknowledge a God not just of second chances, but of third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth chances ... because that's the reality of our shared humanity," he said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...sch-congress-election-south-carolina/2140591/
All this is what The Boston Bombing did. Voters are starting to realize that Obama cant protect you unlike George Bush did. And Benghazi scandal is starting to add up. Like i said its bad news for Democrats!
