Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday jumped into the growing Republican special election primary for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat. Sanford, who served two separate stints in the House representing South Carolina’s 1st District, briefly ran for his old Charleston-centered seat this year before dropping out to establish a nonprofit to focus […]
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, here as a congressman at a news conference in Washington in 2017, is running for Senate. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Posted July 23, 2026 at 3:20pm
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