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Mark Sanford ad: Everybody makes mistakes

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:16:00 +0000

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford released a new TV ad for his congressional campaign, emphasizing that everyone makes mistakes and deserves "second chances."

“I’ve experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes,” Sanford says in the ad. “But in their wake we can learn a lot about grace, a God of second chances and be the better for it. In that light, I humbly step forward and ask for your help in changing Washington.”

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Sanford left office in disgrace in 2009 after revelations that he was conducting an affair with an Argentinian woman, which came to light after he disappeared from his state. He is running for his old congressional seat, recently vacated by Republican Tim Scott after Scott was appointed to Sen. Jim DeMint's senate seat.

Stephen Colbert’s sister will run for the same seat as Mark Sanford

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:15:00 +0000

Cue your "Colbert bump" jokes, because Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, Stephen Colbert's sister, officially filed to run for Congress on Tuesday.

Colbert-Busch, a Democrat who now works for Clemson University's Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility, filed to run for the South Carolina seat vacated by Tim Scott, who was appointed to the Senate to fill Jim DeMint's seat.

She faces two potential challengers in the Democratic primary, and, if she wins, could face former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in the general election.

Sanford, who left office in disgrace after his affair came to light in 2009, announced he will run last week, and faces Teddy Turner, the son of media mogul Ted Turner, as well as "five current and former GOP state lawmakers, a local sheriff and a Charleston city councilman," according to the Washington Post.

Turner already released a 30-second ad last week, the first in the race so far, as part of a 10-day ad buy costing $60,000.

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The primaries will be held on March 19, and the general election is set for May 7, according to the National Journal.

What is a black conservative doing in Hannah Horvath’s bed?

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:17:00 +0000

So long Sandy, Donald Glover's black Republican on "Girls," we hardly knew ye. Then again, black Republicans have long been used as symbolic props, so why not on this show?

"It is very important to me, as a minority female, that Congressman Scott earned this seat. He earned this seat for the person that he is; he earned this seat for the results he has shown; he earned this seat for what I know he’s going to do in making South Carolina and making our country proud," said South Carolina governor Nikki Haley last month as she appointed Tim Scott to serve as the state's senator -- making him the only African-American in the Senate. This creepy doublespeak gave Haley a shot at having it both ways: celebrating diversity while implying it could be better and more fairly achieved by Republican bootstrapping.

Mark Sanford will run for Congress

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:56:00 +0000

Last seen getting divorced from his wife and engaged to his former mistress (and inspiring a nauseating number of "Appalachian Trail" jokes), former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, will be running for Congress again.

Sanford told the National Review Online on Tuesday: "Officially we’re going to announce tomorrow, and then it’s off to the races."

The race is a special election in the state's 1st district, which will soon be vacated by Rep. Tim Scott, R, and which Sanford held for three terms from 1995-2001. Current Gov. Nikki Haley, R, tapped Scott to replace Sen. Jim DeMint, R, who left his seat to take a post at the Heritage Foundation.

Tim Scott named as Jim DeMint’s replacement

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:02:00 +0000

Nikki Haley has chosen Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., to replace Sen. Jim DeMint when he steps down in January to head up the Heritage Foundation.

The New York Times' Caucus blog reports that three Republican officials say that Scott will take the spot, making him the first black senator from the South since the late 1800s -- and the only black senator in Congress.

From the Times:

Ms. Haley seriously considered a number of potential contenders, particularly Jenny Sanford, the ex-wife of former Gov. Mark Sanford, who supported Ms. Haley in her race two years ago. But in choosing Mr. Scott, she selected a lawmaker with a strong conservative voting record during his two years in Congress.