US Rep. Mark Sanford Wins Re-Election
U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford has been elected to another term representing South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford has been elected to another term representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.
Voters on Tuesday backed the 56-year-old Republican over Democrat Dmitri Cherny, whose platform includes colonizing the moon, Mars and beyond as a backup plan in case Earth is destroyed.
First elected to Congress in 1994, Sanford pledged to serve no more than three terms and didn’t seek re-election in 2000. Two years later, Sanford was elected to the first of two terms as governor.
He was re-elected to represent the south coast in 2013. He has re-established himself as a force in South Carolina politics after lying about hiking the Appalachian Trail to cover up an affair, to which he admitted during a tearful news conference. The scandal tarnished his final years as governor.
