Jenny Sanford

Jenny Sanford , the estranged wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford , is filing for divorce. Mark was once a Republican contender for the 2012 presidential race, then his name was smeared across the news because of his extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman. “As so many of us know, the dissolution of any marriage is a sad and painful process. It is also a very personal and private one. Because Mark and I are public figures, we have naturally had less privacy with which to deal...Read Full Story

The Sanfords at a black tie event. If there's anyone who has escaped the scandal surrounding South Carolina governor Mark Sanford with her reputation intact, it's Jenny Sanford . The first lady of South Carolina, who was thrust into the spotlight after her husband disappeared briefly in June and later admitted to an extramarital affair, has appeared in a Vogue spread, annnounced plans to publish a book, and launched a website in her name. According to South Carolina's The State , Mrs. Sanford...Read Full Story

Twit This Post AP – Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says politics are not in his immediate plans but he still has his sights on serious issues such as the deficit facing the nation.Ex-SC Gov. Sanford talks about life after office (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110806/ap_on_re_us/us_ex_sc_governor_interviewhttp://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/usYahoo! News: U.S. NewsU.S. Newshttp://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifYahoo! News5 Twit This Post...Read Full Story

Photo by Jonathan Becker South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford is back in the news today as she recently granted an interview to Vogue magazine, in which she shared her views on her husband Governor Mark Sanford's scandalous affair with his South American "soul mate." As you may recall, Jenny took their four kids and moved out of the governor's mansion into the family's home on Sullivans Island, outside of Charleston. Well, it turns out that the Sanfords had placed their home up for sale...Read Full Story

NEW YORK – Jenny Sanford’s narrative as a political wife may be extreme—she left her husband, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, after an affair—but her day-to-day experiences were common. She tells Lois Romano what presidential candidates’ wives can expect on the 2012 campaign trail: “It’s relentless.” Long before her life imploded in a spectacle of headlines over her husband’s infidelity, Jenny Sanford “could not wait to get out of that job.” She’s referring not just to Mark Sanford’s job as...Read Full Story

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said he'll balance the state's next budget by cutting spending on health care programs and worker pay, among other things. "It's a severe budget year," Sanford said Thursday, noting it only gets worse next year when federal stimulus money disappears. "But this is certainly the toughest budget year that we've had to contend with in arranging our budget." Legislators and Sanford face a huge fiscal problem already. Promises to give property tax breaks and restore...Read Full Story

A judge has finalized South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's divorce from his wife Jenny, ending their 20-year marriage. Court records show Family Court Judge Jocelyn Cate issued her ruling Thursday, less than three weeks after the first lady appeared, asking to end the marriage because of her husband's adultery. The governor disappeared for several days last summer, then admitted when he returned to the state that he was having an affair with a woman in Argentina. The couple have four children...Read Full Story

Nikki Haley has won South Carolina's Republican nomination for governor. Haley beat U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett in Tuesday's runoff, riding the backlash against the state's notoriously rough-and-tumble politics. She picked up the support of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and popular former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford. Haley is the first South Carolina woman to lead a major party ticket and will face Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen to succeed term-limited Gov. Mark Sanford...Read Full Story

Advocates for disabled South Carolina residents have sued Gov. Mark Sanford and lawmakers, saying they slashed services after illegally sending federal stimulus money to a state savings account. The lawsuit asks the state Supreme Court to order more than $30 million be returned to the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs to restore services that help people with disabilities live at home. "They will be forced into institutions," said attorney Patricia Harrison, an agency critic...Read Full Story

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 to settle charges that his travel and campaign spending violated state ethics laws. The Republican governor is accused of breaking 37 laws, including improperly using pricey plane tickets for a trip to Argentina where he saw the mistress he infamously called his soul mate. Under a consent agreement signed Thursday, Sanford doesn't admit guilt but does not contest the charges either. The charges were brought after Associated Press...Read Full Story