COLUMBIA, S.C., March 19 (UPI) -- Mark Sanford, the ex-South Carolina governor remembered for a sex scandal now mounting a political comeback, reached a congressional primary runoff Tuesday.
In the Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District seat previously held by Tim Scott, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate after Jim DeMint resigned, Sanford had 36.9 percent to 13.2 percent for Charleston County Councilman Curtis Bostic and 12.4 percent for state Sen. Larry Grooms in a 15-candidate field, results posted by the State Election Commission showed.