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Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician from South Carolina, currently serving as the Governor of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 1995 to 2001 as Congressman in the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, where he held conservative positions. In 2002, he was elected the 115th Governor of South Carolina, defeating Democratic incumbent Jim Hodges, and was reelected in 2006. As governor, he has a contentious relationship with the South Carolina legislature: notably, he made public statements that he would reject stimulus funds for his state from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Following a subsequent battle in the South Carolina Supreme Court, ...
The governor will appoint the next 7th Circuit Solicitor — rumored to be the solicitor’s current chief aide — following Solicitor Trey Gowdy’s successful bid for Congress.
Principal Deputy Solicitor Barry Barnette, who now serves in the No. 2 spot in the office, would only say he was interested in the post and that he would consider it an honor to serve as the circuit’s next top prosecutor. The circuit includes Cherokee and Spartanburg counties.
Gowdy, 46, won a landslide victory against U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis in a June Republican runoff then ...
...Regrets of Last 8 Years
Gov. Mark Sanford says he’s proud of the accomplishments of his administration but says the next governor needs to continue work on changing the way things are done in Columbia, improving conditions for business and improving quality of life.
Gov. Mark Sanford still has more than two months in office, so he says he's not thinking yet about what he'll do in January when the next governor is inaugurated. But he did sit down with us to talk about the accomplishments of his 8 years in office, his regrets and what he thinks the next ...
South Carolina Election Results: South Carolina Elections 2010 -The latest exit polls indicated that the predicting South Carolina Election results 2010 is hereby to be released in the next couple of hours from now.
And as expected, the South Carolina elected its first woman governor ths Tuesday, giving the favour to the Republican lawmaker to succeed scandal stained Gov. Mark Sanford.
Apparently, according to the South Carolina State Election Commision, Mulvaney beat opponent John Spratt 54.58 percent to 45.37 percent. John Spratt had represented his South Carolina district for 14 ...