Mark Sanford

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speak to his Cabinet during a special meeting in the Governor's Conference Room in the Wade Hampton Building at the Statehouse complex on June, 26, 2009. The governor began by apologizing for his latest scandal to all members of the Cabinet. (Getty Images) more pics » South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was probably hoping the world had forgotten about him. After his disastrous summer, which saw him breaking into tears on national television while admitting to an affair, Sanford had quietly returned to running South Carolina. Mark Sanford is being accused of 37 seperate ethics violations. (Getty Images) Now, ... Read Full Story

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks during a press conference at the State Capitol June 24, 2009 in Columbia, South Carolina. Sanford admitted to having an affair after returning from a secret trip to visit her in Argentina and said that he would resign as head of the Republican Governors Association. (Getty Images) more pics » Mark Sanford , governor of South Carolina, was exposed for his infidelity over the summer, and now his wife Jenny 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 ... Read Full Story

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford fields questions from the media following a special meeting with his Cabinet in the Wade Hampton Building at the Statehouse complex on June, 26, 2009. The cabinet meeting was the governor's first planned appearance since he announced his extramarital affair with a woman from Argentina. (Getty Images) more pics » Mark Sanford clearly has no idea how to handle the bizarre situation he's in. After garnering some level of pathos after his emails to mistress Maria Belen Chapur were revealed, he's gone and blown it with an Associated Press reporter . Maria Belen Chapur The South Carolina governor's scandal ... Read Full Story

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Gov. Mark Sanford said Friday morning that he takes “full responsibility for the moral failure” that led his wife, Jenny, on Friday to file for divorce. “While it is not the course I would have hoped for, or would choose, I want to take full responsibility for the moral failure that led us to this tragic point,” Sanford said in a brief statement. “While our family structure may change, I know that we will both work earnestly to be the best mom and dad we can be to four of the finest boys on earth.” The complaint filed Friday morning by ... Read Full Story

View full size (AP Photo/Alice Keeney) In a Friday, June 26, 2009 photo, Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband’s recent affair admission in Sullivans Island, S.C. South Carolina’s first lady has filed for divorce months after her husband publicly confessed an affair with an Argentine woman. CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina’s first lady, a former Wall Street vice president who helped launch her husband’s political career, announced today she is filing for divorce months after his tearful public confession of an affair with an Argentine woman. “This came after many unsuccessful efforts at reconciliation, yet I am ... Read Full Story

Kristin Maguire was an education policy adviser to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford . She was elected last year as the Chairwoman of the South Carolina Board of Education, she was known for homeschooling her four children, and for her socially conservative stances on issues such as sex education. Kristin Maguire (From the Greenville News) She resigned on Friday, August 28, 2009, citing increasing family demands as the reason for her departure. However, one website is now reporting that she resigned to avoid a scandal involving her authorship of hardcore erotic stories on the Internet, written under the pen name "Bridget Keeney." The website ... Read Full Story

By The Associated Press December 11, 2009, 9:05AM Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina (AP) CHARLESTON, S.C. - South Carolina’s first lady, a former Wall Street vice president who helped launch her husband’s political career, announced Friday she is filing for divorce months after his tearful public confession of an affair with an Argentine woman. “This came after many unsuccessful efforts at reconciliation, yet I am still dedicated to keeping the process that lies ahead peaceful for our family,” Jenny Sanford said in a statement. A spokesman for her husband, Gov. Mark Sanford, had no immediate comment. The divorce complaint was filed Friday in ... Read Full Story

...but he will be divorced. An expected next chapter in the fall from political grace of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is about to be written; his wife has filed for divorce . The private lives of public officials (and celebrities) is always a dicey proposition, but I maintain that Mrs. Sanford's decision is newsworthy. Read Full Story

Jenny Sanford, South Carolina’s First Lady files for divorce from her unfaithful husband, Governor Mark Sanford. The reason? This July Jenny found out that Mark was having an affair with an Argentinian woman. [ More on WhyFame.com ] Read Full Story

Featuring: Mark Sanford | Barbara Walters Maybe the Argentinian lover wasn't his soulmate, after all? SC Gov. Mark Sanford is still begging scorned wife Jenny to take him back. Didn't you see her Barbara Walters interview, Mark? She's just not that into you, anymore. [ AP ] [From: Gawker] Read Full Story

The liberal’s favorite polling company laments the fact today that Jay Nixon is only eight points more popular than embattled South Carolina governor Mark Sandford: Public Policy Polling: “Here’s something particularly remarkable about Mark Sanford’s 36/51 approval breakdown in our poll today- those numbers are actually better than average for the nine Governors we’ve looked at [...] Read Full Story

Reuters - The wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford said on Friday that she was filing for divorce, six months after Sanford traveled secretly to Argentina for what he later confessed was an extramarital affair. Read Full Story

A group of South Carolina lawmakers has decided not to impeach Governor Mark Sanford , who was accused of using state travel for private use. Instead a formal rebuke of the governor has been called for. The governor's travels to Argentina, where he visited his mistress, was one of the scandals-of-the-moment during the summer. The affair was not the principal thrust of the investigation; rather, lawmakers were examining a variety of ethics charges against Sanford. Read Full Story

Featuring: Mark Sanford South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford dodged impeachment Wednesday but was scolded by legislators for his travels to see a mistress in Argentina and his misuse of state planes. [From: NY Daily News Gossip] Read Full Story

AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford dodged impeachment Wednesday but was scolded by legislators for his travels to see a mistress in Argentina and his misuse of state planes. http://twurl.nl/umoxxt Read Full Story