Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   Disgraced Mark Sanford beats the democrap in SC Date:   5/7/2013 9:02:23 PM

Should make a great candidate in 2016........Sanford vs Hillary

WASHINGTON -- Disgraced ex-South Carolina governor Mark Sanford won his bid for redemption on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch for his old seat in Congress.

Sanford, a Republican who admitted an extramarital affair in 2009, was ready to quit politics for good if he was not victorious in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. He will replace Republican Tim Scott, who was appointed to the Senate.

The former governor -- once a rising GOP star considered White House material -- was at one point a favorite in the Republican district, which Mitt Romney carried by 18 percentage points in the 2012 presidential election. But the revelation that his ex-wife, Jenny, accused Sanford of trespassing at her home caused the National Republican Congressional Committee to withdraw its financial and logistical support.

Sanford must appear in Charleston County Family Court on Thursday on his ex-wife's complaint.