Summary Sanford's political career was derailed four years ago when he disappeared from the state.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has cleared another hurdle in his bid for a political comeback after he admitted an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman, defeating a former county council member to win the Republican nomination for a vacant U.S. House seat.
With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Sanford had about 57 percent of the vote to 43 percent for Curtis Bostic, a former Charleston County Council member. The candidates were vying Tuesday in a Republican runoff in the 1st Congressional District, which covers the south coast.
Sanford will face Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a May special election. She is the sister of TV political satirist Stephen Colbert.
Sanford s political career was derailed four years ago when he disappeared from the state and later admitted to an extramarital affair.
