Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

SC GOP censures Gov. Sanford over absence, affair

Jul. 6, 2009
Fellow Republicans have censured South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford after he left the state last month on a secret trip to Argentina to meet his mistress. The state GOP met for more than three hours by phone Monday before 22 members of the executive committee...
Related Stories from UPI.com
S.C. Republicans to discuss Sanford fate

S.C. Republicans to discuss Sanford fate

COLUMBIA, S.C., July 6 (UPI) -- South Carolina Republican Party members say they are set to discuss how they should respond to Gov. Mark Sanford's infidelity scandal.
Sanford's Argentina trip mixed biz, love

Sanford's Argentina trip mixed biz, love

CHARLESTON, S.C., July 4 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford mixed business and pleasure during a three-day Argentina trip last year that included a visit to his mistress, records show.

Some S.C. GOP say they want Sanford out

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 29 (UPI) -- Some South Carolina Republican lawmakers are saying they would like GOP Gov. Mark Sanford to step aside, even though Sanford has indicated he will stay put.

Spokesman: Sanford considered quitting

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 28 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford decided to serve out his term after considering resigning, his spokesman told ABC News.
S.C. Dems calls for Sanford probe

S.C. Dems calls for Sanford probe

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 27 (UPI) -- The head of the South Carolina Democratic Party Saturday called on state lawmakers to conduct a bipartisan investigation of Gov. Mark Sanford.

Half S.C. voters want Sanford to quit

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 25 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a day after admitting an extramarital affair, was with his family at their beach house, aides said.
Report: Sanford affair detailed in e-mails

Report: Sanford affair detailed in e-mails

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 25 (UPI) -- A series of e-mails offer intimate details into the affair South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted having in Argentina, a source told The (Columbia) State.

Governor: S.C. GOP vote a horse race

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, says Saturday's GOP primary is a horse race that will go down to the wire.

S.C. gov turned away from polling place

SULLIVAN ISLAND, S.C., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Even governors need a voter registration card -- and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford found that out the hard way Tuesday.

Sanford S. Carolina''s 115th governor

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Mark Sanford Jr. became South Carolina''s 115th governor Wednesday, giving the GOP a solid hold on the state''s government. Sanford said his first order of business will be dealing with a $1 billion budget hole.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler