Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has redeemed a political career sidelined by scandal by winning his old congressional seat.
Sanford defeated Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL’-buhrt) Busch Tuesday in the state’s 1st Congressional District. Colbert Busch is the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR’). With 71 percent of precincts reporting, Sanford has 54 percent of the vote.
Read it all. Also, a USA Today article is there.
If someone had changed their name to “none of the above” and run, they would have been elected in a landslide. I feel badly for the people of SC. They have been ill served by both parties with such lousy candidates
That seems to be a consistent trend in SC. As in the other 50 states.