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Sanford, invoking Palin, vows to fight on

Sep. 2, 2009
Embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford acknowledged Tuesday that he has been shaken by the failure of a single fellow Republican to back him in his fight to save his job, but vowed to fight on for conservative causes and for "what God wanted me to do with my life." The governor,...
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Sanford to make ethics charges public

COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, embroiled in a sex and ethics scandal, said Friday he would let the public in on the ethics charges against him.
Sanford takes stressed family to England

Sanford takes stressed family to England

LONDON, July 23 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife and children arrived in London Thursday for a two-week vacation, a Sanford spokesman said.
Sanford wants focus taken off his affair

Sanford wants focus taken off his affair

GREER, S.C., July 22 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, making his first public appearance in weeks, says it's time to put the controversy about his extramarital affair to an end.

Aide resigns after Sanford scandal

COLUMBIA, S.C., July 17 (UPI) -- Joel Sawyer announced Friday in Columbia he will quit as South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's communications director to work in the private sector.
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.
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.
McGreevey to Sanford: Stay humble, honest

McGreevey to Sanford: Stay humble, honest

NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should press ahead but stay humble after admitting to an extramarital affair, ex-New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey said Thursday.

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.

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.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler