Mark Sanford
Is in some trouble…
• Sanford admitted to having an affair with a woman he’s known for eight years. • "I've let down a lot of people, that's the bottom line," Sanford said at a news conference. • Sanford resigned as head of the Republican Governor’s Association • Sanford refused to say whether or not he would step down as governor
The popular governor was a prominent candidate for a Presidential run in 2012
Why Gov. Sanford WAS so popular
• He served in the U.S. House for three terms before honoring a term limits pledge and leaving office in 2001. • In 2002, he defeated incumbent Democrat Jim Hodges by 4 percentage points to become governor and won re-election in 2006, beating Democratic state Sen. Tommy Moore. • As governor, Sanford has championed fiscal conservatism. He even brought pigs to the House chamber to protest pork barrel spending. • He also put a "spending clock" outside his office to show how quickly a proposed budget would spend state money