The search for a missing hiker on a rugged section of the Appalachian Trail in western Maine is now entering its sixth day. …read more
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Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Busch Gear Up For Campaign
By The Huffington Post News Editors
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 4 (Reuters) – Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch kicked off her general election campaign for South Carolina’s open congressional seat on Thursday, her sights set on beating former Governor Mark Sanford after he clinched the Republican nomination this week.
Colbert Busch, the sister of television comedian and political satirist Stephen Colbert, handily won last month’s Democratic primary. But she kept a low profile as 16 Republicans battled for a spot in the special election on May 7.
Sanford, 52, prevailed despite a 2009 scandal that had seemingly doomed his political career. As governor, he tried to hide an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman by falsely telling aides he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
In an interview with WTMA radio after his primary runoff win on Tuesday, Sanford said his Democratic opponent for the seat he held for three terms before becoming governor was undefined on the issues.
“Right now in essence, we’re running against Stephen Colbert. It’s going to be tough running against a comedian who is well liked and has ties to the Lowcountry, but ultimately issues define a race,” said Sanford, referring to the coastal region in South Carolina where the race is taking place.
Sanford’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Colbert Busch, 58, hit back with a statement detailing her work history, which included serving as director of sales and marketing for the Orient Overseas Container Line shipping company.
She is now on leave as business development director for the Clemson University Restoration Institute in North Charleston to make her first run for office.
“I was disappointed to hear about Mark’s comment,” she said. “He has known me and my work for years…If those successes can’t convince Mark that a woman is capable of leading, I don’t know what will.”
Stephen Colbert weighed in on the race Wednesday night on his Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report.” …read more
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South Carolina Runoff: Mark Sanford, Curtis Bostic Face Off For Republican Nomination
By The Huffington Post News Editors
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 2 (Reuters) – Voters in South Carolina’s coastal first congressional district will choose on Tuesday between former Governor Mark Sanford and former Charleston County Council member Curtis Bostic as the Republican nominee for the open seat.
Sanford gained national notoriety as the state’s governor in 2009 when he left South Carolina for six days, telling aides he was hiking the Appalachian Trail when he was in fact visiting his mistress in Argentina.
Despite that history, the 52-year-old candidate was the top Republican in an earlier round of voting and held the lead in a recent poll.
His challenger, 49-year-old Bostic, has at times tried to make Sanford’s lapse an issue in the race, calling his rival “a compromised candidate” during a debate in Charleston on Thursday.
Sanford had the support of 53 percent of likely voters in the Republican primary, to 40 percent who supported Bostic, in a tally released last week by Public Policy Polling.
Both men have touted their fiscal conservatism and said they oppose same-sex marriage.
After the news of Sanford’s affair broke, his wife divorced him, he paid more than $70,000 in ethics fines and he was censured by the legislature, though he served out the remainder of his term as governor. He is now engaged to the woman, Argentine journalist Maria Belen Chapur.
Sanford chided Bostic, an attorney and former Marine, for missing a number of meetings when he served on the Charleston County Council. Bostic said his wife had undergone treatment for cancer and that he missed meetings to take care of her.
Sanford’s campaign touted that the National Review had called him “the taxpayers’ choice,” while Bostic said he was supported by former 1st District Congressman Henry Brown.
Republican Senator Tim Scott, who vacated the seat when he was appointed to the U.S. Senate, has not endorsed a candidate. …read more
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Jenny Sanford: I Won't Run Against My Ex
By Evann Gastaldo 
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Sanford Set For Political Comeback Trail
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) is hoping to accomplish what only a few years ago seemed unthinkable: making a triumphant return to elected office by winning back his old seat in the House.
But a number of local South Carolina Republicans are gearing up to prevent his political comeback.
Sanford, once a rising star in the GOP, saw his career unravel when he admitted to an affair with an Argentine woman in 2009 after initially claiming he was off hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Now a series of unexpected events have made him the unlikely front-runner in a still-forming field to fill the former House seat of Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.).
Sanford’s near-universal name recognition, his reputation for fundraising prowess, a staunchly conservative fiscal record and the potential for a crowded field could make him tough to beat.
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