Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is officially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives … again.
Sanford was sworn in to his new/ old post this week … and was promptly interviewed by gossip website TMZ, which wanted to know if the scandal scarred politician thought his comeback boded well for U.S. Rep. Anthony Wiener, [...]
Mark Sanford’s Circus Comes To Town
SC-1: Winners And Losers
The special election for South Carolina’s first congressional district is (at long last) over. The saga that began last December – when S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley tapped U.S. Rep. Tim Scott to take Jim DeMint’s seat in the U.S. Senate – ended Tuesday night with a resounding victory for former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford.
In fact [...]
That Mark Sanford “Coitus” Sign
While S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford tours the Palmetto State’s first congressional district with a cutout of Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi, one James Island resident is using the governor’s homemade sign shtick against him.
Just off the James Island connector in Charleston County, S.C., a FITS reader snapped a picture of a white sign spray-painted with [...]
PPP: Colbert-Busch Up Nine On Sanford
Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch has opened up a nine-point lead over former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford in their battle for the Palmetto State’s first congressional district, a new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey reveals.
Colbert-Busch is currently receiving the support of 50 percent of registered voters in the district, while 41 percent back Sanford. Green Party nominee [...]
Maria Belen Chapur Is In Country?
Mark Sanford’s political comeback took a big step forward Tuesday night with his convincing win over Curtis Bostic in the GOP runoff for South Carolina’s first congressional district. But it was Sanford’s “soul mate” – making her first public appearance – who stole the show.
Joining the former governor under the white hot lights on his [...]
Mark And Maria: Relationship Status?
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is still engaged to his Latin lover and “soul mate,” Maria Belen Chapur.
That’s according to sources close to the former governor, whose campaign is working feverishly to beat back a rumor that the couple’s engagement has been called off (or even worse … was never really on).
“He’s still engaged – and [...]
Mark Sanford Gets Popped
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is getting his first taste of the negative barrage sure to continue coming his way as he seeks his old congressional seat. And as you may have guessed … it ain’t pretty.
The scandal-scarred politician – one of the frontrunners for the first district seat vacated earlier this year by newly [...]
CNN: Mark Sanford Will Run For Congress
NETWORK SAYS FORMER GOVERNOR WILL SEEK HIS OLD HOUSE SEAT
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford will run for his old congressional seat, sources close to the scandal-scarred politician tell CNN.
Now the only question is whether his ex-wife, Jenny Sanford, will also seek the seat …
FITS reached Sanford a few moments before the CNN story was published [...]
Mark And Maria: All’s Well That Ends Well
YOU CAN OFFICIALLY REMOVE THE “MISTRESS” TAG
So the rumor is true …
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford confirmed to CNN that he is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Maria Belen Chapur – news which spread like wildfire last weekend after a report surfaced in an Argentinean newspaper.
“Yes, we are engaged, and I’m both happy and excited for [...]
Mark Sanford Proposes To Latin Lover
DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK … YET
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford has proposed to his longtime Latin lover Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine website Clarin is reporting.
According to the website’s report Sanford proposed to Chapur last week at the Bella Italia Grill in Buenos Aires – staging an elaborate scene in which a waiter at the [...]
Mark Sanford Plotting Political Comeback
FORMER GOVERNOR CONTEMPLATING RETURN TO POLITICS
His approval ratings are in the toilet and his credibility has been shot (perhaps permanently) with most South Carolina voters … but former S.C. Governor and current FOX News analyst Mark Sanford is apparently undeterred.
He’s plotting a political comeback whether the Palmetto political scene likes it or not … or [...]
Jenny Sanford Slams Newt Gingrich
FORMER FIRST LADY QUESTIONS GOP CANDIDATE’S CHARACTER
Former S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford blasted ex-U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday as an unacceptable choice for the Republican presidential nomination – both ideologically and individually.
Sanford made her remarks in response to allegations from Gingrich’s second wife, Marianne Gingrich, regarding Gingrich’s suggestion that they have an “open marriage.”
“It [...]
