Sanford Files for Comeback Bid in SC-1

0:00On March 30th, Mark Sanford, the ex-South Carolina governor and congressman just filed to run again for the first congressional district seat. He slipped in the paperwork right before the deadline for the June 9th Republican primary, a spot he's held twice before. Sanford started his career there as a total unknown, grinding through a primary and runoff to win in the 90s. He jumped to governor, but his run got messy with that 2009 scandal when he lied about hiking the Appalachian Trail to visit his lover in. Argentina. Folks back then called for him to quit, but he toughed it out, left on his terms, then reclaimed the House seat in 2013 over a huge field. He held it two more terms until a Trump-backed challenger not to mount in 2018. Now the districts with Republican Nancy Mace, who's eyeing the governor's race this year. Sanford's got serious cash, more than $1,300,000 in his federal account and another million in state funds to jump into.

1:00This packed primary, his pitch hits hard on a national debt, saying voters won fiscal sanity in D.C. With the field already crowded, this comeback bid could shake up. The race, big time. I'm Cory with The Story, that's your US News Today update. AI powered and always on.