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Republican governor stories: 17 news summaries

Jenny Sanford Endorses Candidate for SC Governor

Influential first lady could give crucial boost to Nikki Haley

Nov 12, 09 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford is getting back into politics—by endorsing a relative underdog in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. Mark Sanford's estranged wife announced her support for Nikki Haley, a "principled, conservative, tough and smart” candidate, in the five-way race for the nomination to replace her husband. Haley was... More »

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South Carolina • infidelity • adultery • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Appalachian Trail • Jenny Sanford • Republican governor • marital infidelity • Nikki Haley

(AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign today, two months after he admitted an affair, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office and plans to finish his term. At a news conference hours after Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer called for him to... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • governor • lieutenant governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Andre Bauer • Republican governor

 Jenny Sanford, Kids Move Out 


Aug 7, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of South Carolina's philandering governor is moving out and taking the kids, the State reports. “I have decided to move back to our home in Charleston with our sons for the upcoming school year,” Mark Sanford's wife, Jenny, said in a statement released today. The... More »

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parenting • South Carolina • children • Charleston • infidelity • adultery • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Columbia, SC • Jenny Sanford • Republican governor • moving

(Newser) - As the spotlight follows Sarah Palin out of the Alaska governor's mansion today, a less dazzling, more conventional light shines on new governor Sean Parnell, notes an Anchorage Daily News editorial. "Expect a Parnell administration to be less People magazine, more Governing magazine. Letterman won't be interested. Ditto Politico,... More »

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Alaska • governor • Sarah Palin • Republican governor • Sean Parnell

(Newser) - Sarah Palin plans to unburden herself on Twitter more freely after she leaves office next week, the AP reports. “Elected is replaceable; Ak WILL progress! + side benefits10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State site,” she Tweeted today. And, she promises, “... More »

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social networking • Internet • Alaska • governor • political correctness • Sarah Palin • Twitter • tweet • Republican governor • politically correct

(Newser) - A trove of emails from Mark Sanford's office contains no discussion of his recent disappearance or the resulting scandal, the State reports. Critics suspect the South Carolina governor is holding something back. “It’s a very legitimate suspicion,” a professor says. “Complex organizations in the 21st century... More »

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email • South Carolina • Argentina • infidelity • adultery • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

Sanford Disappeared Last Year, Too, Emails Show

Commerce secretary didn't know where to reach guv

Jul 16, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s recent Argentine excursion wasn’t the first time he had gone missing: His commerce secretary didn’t know where to reach him in June 2008, either, emails reveal. “Need contact number for (Sanford) ASAP,” the secretary wrote to a Sanford staffer on the 28th—a... More »

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taxes • email • South Carolina • affair • infidelity • adultery • governor • economic stimulus package • political scandal • Mark Sanford • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

Sanford Looked for Real Estate
in Argentina

Governor kept evenings free, shopped around during state trip

Jul 10, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford requested meetings with real estate agents during his state-funded trade mission to Argentina last year and rearranged his itinerary to ensure he had at least one free evening in Buenos Aires, according to emails obtained by the AP. The South Carolina governor has said the trip was when... More »

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Republicans Don't Want 'Help' From Palin

Lawmakers facing tough 2010 battles think she'd hurt them

Jul 10, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may not spend much of her newfound free time campaigning: Many GOP lawmakers facing tough 2010 contests don't want to be associated with the soon-to-be-ex-governor, who they fear will galvanize liberals, the Hill reports. One anonymous Republican said that if Palin came to his district, his opponent would... More »

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Alaska • resignation • Charles Grassley • campaign fundraising • House Republicans • Sarah Palin • fundraising • Election 2010 • Republicans • Republican governor

Palin's Not Job-Hunting, Lawyer Says

Soon-to-be-former Alaska governor focused on upcoming book

Jul 9, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has no plans to take a new job, her lawyer tells the Washington Post. Though the departing Alaska governor has received “hundreds of credible offers”—including a pitch for a gig as a talk-show host—she hasn’t pursued any of them except a previously announced... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Republican Party • talk show • governor • talk-show host • Sarah Palin • book deal • Republican governor • Thomas Van Flein

(Newser) - The governor of Alaska and the architect of the Vietnam War both make fine examples of how not to quit a government post, David Broder writes in the Washington Post. Robert McNamara waited 28 years to explain that he stepped down as defense secretary because of his grave doubts... More »

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Alaska • Lyndon Johnson • resignation • death • Vietnam War • defense secretary • governor • Sarah Palin • Republican governor • Robert McNamara

analysis

 5 Good Reasons 
 Palin Quit 

Scandal speculation gives way to new theories

Jul 6, 09 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Sarah Palin made her sudden exit, many expected a scandal to break. But "in the days since, it has become clear that no other shoe is likely to drop," writes Jay Newton-Small of Time, who offers five likely reasons she resigned Alaska's top job:
  • For
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OPINION

 How Sanford Can 
 Get His Groove Back   

Four tricks up his sleeve to win back the public

Jun 30, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford has fallen from grace, but he possesses the know-how to make his way back, writes Roger Simon of Politico. What the philandering governor has going for him:
  • "He knows how to use people." Just look at his marriage: His wife ran his campaign in 1994,
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South Carolina • infidelity • adultery • governor • political scandal • Lindsay Graham • Mark Sanford • Election 2010 • Jenny Sanford • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

Sanford Emails Apologies to Constituents

Rambling missive says new 'humility' could make him better gov

Jun 30, 09 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an online apology to South Carolinians, Mark Sanford asks for forgiveness and explains his decision to keep his post in an effort to become “a better person,” WLTX reports. “Close friends” suggested he’d be “of more service in whatever doors God opened next in... More »

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OPINION

Meghan McCain: Leave Mark Sanford Alone

Instead of hypocrisy, troubled GOP must employ compassion

Jun 29, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain wants you to forgive Mark Sanford. “I don’t know if it’s the fact that I am younger,” she writes for the Daily Beast, “but it’s of very little concern to me who elected officials sleep with.” Assuming he didn’t do... More »

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Rush: Blame Obama for AWOL Sanford

Gov bolted because country's 'going to hell in a handbasket'

Jun 26, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh has a novel theory about why Mark Sanford left the US: He was sick of the way the country’s being run. The South Carolina governor's disappearance, it seems, was President Obama’s fault, the Huffington Post reports. “This is almost like: I don't give a damn!... More »

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entertainment • Democrats • Republican • talk radio • South Carolina • Rush Limbaugh • affair • infidelity • governor • political scandal • political criticism • Mark Sanford • President Obama • blame • Republican governor

(Newser) - Jenny Sanford doesn’t much care what political fate befalls her cheating husband, CNN reports. “His career is not a concern of mine,” South Carolina's first lady told reporters as she left the family’s vacation home. “He’s going to have to worry about that. I’... More »

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