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More than $7 million spent in SC's 1st District

Candidates and third party groups spent about $7.3 million in the race for South Carolina's 1st District congressional seat earlier this year. Former Gov. Mark Sanford defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch last month to win his old congressional seat on the state's south coast. FedFull story

US Rep. Sanford touring SC Boeing facility

U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is spending some time meeting with people in his coastal congressional district. Sanford is taking a tour of the Boeing 787 assembly plant in North Charleston on Monday. Sanford has planned a meeting at Charleston Cancer Center on Tuesday, and then is slated to hold what he ca Full story

Sanford has cash edge heading into election

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has a slight edge in cash heading into the final days of the heated congressional race in state's 1st District. Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show Sanford had about $285,000 in his campaign war chest as of April 17. His Democratic opponent Full story

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