Mark Sanford is living proof that life is full of second chances. The former Republican governor of South Carolina, whose political career was left for dead along the Appalachian Trail after an extramarital affair, asked for, and Tuesday received, political redemption as he won a special election to fill a vacant House seat that he once occupied. "I want to acknowledge a God not just of second chances but third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth chances, because that is the reality of our shared humanity," Sanford said at his victory celebration after defeating his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch. "I am one imperfect man saved by God's grace."
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Sanford wins comeback race with about 54% of the vote
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Sanford wins all five counties in the district, Colbert Busch wins absentees
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Colbert Busch tried to make Sanford's extramarital affair an issue in race
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Sanford tried to tie Colbert Busch to national Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi
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