Republican Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch faced the voters today in a special election in South Carolina’s 1st District in and around Charleston. Sanford, a former governor and congressman seeking a return to political life four years after...
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Campaign signs are stuck in a lawn as Elizabeth Colbert Busch speaks to media after casting her vote in a special election runoff with former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford for a seat in the 1st Congressional District on May 7, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina.
South Carolina Election Viewers’ Guide
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, center, speaks with voters, Joan Cobb, at left, and her father Harold Turner, at right, and reporters at Orlando's Pizza in Daniel Island, S.C., on May 6, 2013.
Sanford ‘Worn Out’ on ‘Judgment Day’
Count Mark Sanford as a vote against expanding background checks for gun-buyers. Count Sanford as a vote against the immigration bill from a bipartisan group of senators. That’s if the vote-count in South Carolina’s special congressional election today goes the...
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford makes a note on a piece of paper during the NAACP 1st Congressional District political forum on on April 30, 2013 in Goose Creek, S.C.
Sanford Losing Money Race in S.C.
Democratic congressional nominee Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, holds the financial edge over former Republican Gov. Mark Sanford in the South Carolina special election taking place Tuesday. Colbert Busch raised $1.2 million through April 17, including $38,250...
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, check on judges former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn., left, and House Chaplain Patrick Conroy during the second annual 'hotdish' competition in the Capitol Visitor Center, featuring casserole-like dishes from members of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, on March 7, 2012. The dishes of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., tied for first place in the competition.
Tater Tots and Pepperoni (Hold the SPAM) — What Congress is Cooking
Can you smell what Congress is cooking? Tater-tots and more, washed down with Jell-O. Not to mention Rep. Michele Bachmann’s volcanic “Metro” dish with a whole can of sweet corn, or Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s hold-the-SPAM (not to be confused with e-mail) pepperoni...
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House of Representatives Democratic candidate for the state of South Carolina Elizabeth Colbert Busch, listens to her opponent Republican candidate for the open Congressional seat of South Carolina, Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, during their debate at the Citadel on April 29, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Sanford vs. Colbert Busch in Debate
Former South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford promoted his anti-spending views, and Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch touted her political independence in their only debate before a May 7 election in a vacant U.S. House district. Sanford, seeking a political...
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A U.S. Border Patrol ranch liaison, right, rides with a cattle rancher at the U.S.-Mexico border on March 8, 2013 in Nogales, Arizona.
Border Security: 90 Percent ‘Doable’
Manuel Padilla Jr. is the Border Patrol’s chief agent of the Tucson sector, the highest-risk stretch of an almost 2,000-mile U.S. border with Mexico — a 262-mile line that 120,000 people were caught attempting to cross last year. Yet his...
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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill on April 18, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Holder vs. Wolf: Furlough-Free, not Fight-Free
The good news today for Justice Department employees? Lawmakers and Attorney General Eric Holder have agreed on a plan to avoid furloughs for the remainder of the fiscal year. The bad news? Holder and one of the most powerful of...
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Shooting victim and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her husband Mark Kelly at the U.S. Capitol April 16, 2013.
Giffords: Six Years After Virginia Tech, Presses for Newtown Action
Updated at 2:50 pm EDT Six years ago today, 32 people were gunned down on the campus of Virginia Tech, notes former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a 2011 outdoor shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that also killed...
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Pedestrians carry shopping bags on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Americans Critical of Economic Stewardship — Though Less So
The grades are still low, but they’re better than last year. While Washington policy makers are being blamed for sequestration and the budget impasse, Americans this year are registering improving confidence in their leaders’ ability to “do or to recommend...
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Elizabeth Colbert Busch, left, sister of Comedian Stephen Colbert, during a campaign fundraiser breakfast at ILA Hall on February 24, 2013 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Colbert Busch: No ‘Party Line’
Elizabeth Colbert Busch won’t win a special election next month in South Carolina by playing up her affiliation with the Democratic Party. Seeking the seat in a Republican-tilting district in and around Charleston, the business development executive and older sister...
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