South Carolina ex-governor Sanford makes comeback to win House seat
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Republican former Governor Mark Sanford made a stunning political comeback on Tuesday, rebounding from a sex scandal to beat Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a personality-driven election for a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives that put a national spotlight on South Carolina. Sanford regained the First Congressional District seat he held from 1995 to 2001 before serving two terms as governor, the second of which was marred when he tried to hide an affair by saying falsely that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. . . .
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