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Opinion: Why Newt Gingrich's Adultery Matters

By Mark GrabowskiMar 3rd 2011 – 7:00AM
AP

AP

People's sex lives are a private matter, right? Not when it involves politicians. During a talk last week at the University of Pennsylvania, Newt Gingrich took umbrage when a student brought up his adultery. "If the primary concern of the American people is my past, my candidacy would be irrelevant. If the primary concern...

Ex-SC Gov. Mark Sanford, Argentine Lover Hit Uruguay Resort

Jan 26th 2011 – 7:29PM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A week after divorced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford left office, he and his Argentine lover he called his "soul mate" were spotted frolicking on the beach in the same resort where their romance began. The Argentine celebrity magazine "Caras," or Faces, published an eight-page spread on...

SC State Senate Majority Leader Glenn McConnell's Confederate Obsession

By Paul WachterSep 15th 2010 – 9:26AM

(Sept. 15) -- It comes as no surprise to South Carolina natives that state Senate Majority Leader Glenn McConnell likes to play dress-up. On Tuesday, Will Folks, former spokesman for Gov. Mark Sanford and self-described cuckolder of GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley's husband, posted pictures to his political website...

Where Is Gov. Mark Sanford? His Latest Escape

Jun 23rd 2010 – 10:24AM
Cliff Owen, AP

Cliff Owen, AP

(June 23) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's personal follies continue to enliven the state's politics. Nearly a year to the day when Sanford went missing and "hiking on the Appalachian trail" entered the public lexicon as a euphemism for having an affair (he was off with his Latin American mistress), Sanford went...

For Better or Worse, Nikki Haley Is GOP Rising Star

By Steve PendleburyJun 10th 2010 – 3:26PM
Rich Glickstein, The State / AP

Rich Glickstein, The State / AP

(June 10) -- After her impressive showing in Tuesday's South Carolina primary, Republicans are hailing Nikki Haley as a rising star in the party. It's a term that's been applied to other candidates who've made a splash in recent elections. Few have lived up to the hype. Technically, Haley hasn't won yet. She fell just...

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Background on Mark Sanford

Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford, Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician from South Carolina, who was the 115th Governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011.

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