CHARLESTON, S.C. — Mark Sanford says he believes in “a God of second
chances,” and now the former South Carolina governor has taken the first
step toward reviving a political career that was derailed by an
extramarital affair.

Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen
Colbert, always dreamed of a career in politics — and now she has a
chance to realize that dream.

As Sanford advanced Tuesday night to an April 2 GOP runoff for an open
congressional seat in a southern coastal district, Colbert Busch easily
won the Democratic primary to earn a spot on the May 7 general election
ballot.

The race has drawn national attention because of Sanford’s well-known
fall from grace and Colbert Busch’s relationship to Stephen Colbert, who
parodies a conservative political commentator as host of TV’s “The
Colbert Report.”

Tuesday was Sanford’s first run for office since a 2009 scandal in which
he acknowledged an affair. After disappearing and telling his staff he
was out hiking the Appalachian Trail, he returned to the state to reveal
that he was in Argentina with his mistress. Sanford and his wife Jenny
divorced, and he is now engaged to the Argentine woman.

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Ahhh, South Carolina...the new Mississippi.