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Mark Sanford
June 20, 2018
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump keeps slaying the slain.
June 13, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Republican Party is becoming Trumpier and Trumpier in the primaries.
June 12, 2018
Jeet Heer
Mark Sanford learns the price of criticizing Trump.
August 1, 2013
The New Republic Staff
Video History: The Sad Plight of the Political Wife
July 8, 2013
Kevin Mahnken
The End of the Career-Ending Sex Scandal
May 13, 2013
Tod Lindberg
On Sex Scandals, Republicans and Democrats Have Switched Places
Democrats used to forgive wayward pols, and the GOP used to banish them. No more.
May 6, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
"She Had an Abortion": A History of a Political Smear
Elizabeth Colbert Busch isn't the first female candidate to face the insinuation
May 6, 2013
Nate Cohn
Why It's Difficult to Predict the Outcome of Mark Sanford vs. Elizabeth Colbert Busch
Tuesday's special election in South Carolina is a true toss-up
April 4, 2013
Nate Cohn
Take a Hike, Sanford!
How South Carolina's former governor could cost the GOP an easy House seat
March 20, 2013
Nate Cohn
Mark Sanford's Political Comeback Is Shaping Up Nicely
January 17, 2013
Molly Redden
Have Family Dinners Prepared Teddy Turner to Be a Politician?
October 22, 2010
Ed Kilgore
Nikki Haley Could Actually Lose ... And It's Because of That Sex Scandal
October 6, 2010
Jason Zengerle
The Mental State
June 25, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Crossfire Returns. Sort Of.
June 8, 2010
Ed Kilgore
Off to the Races!
June 8, 2010
Ed Kilgore
Off to the Races!
June 3, 2010
Jonathan Chait
A Defense Of Right-Wing Sluttiness
March 9, 2010
Ed Kilgore
Win Dixie
February 2, 2010
Jonathan Chait
In Defense Of Mark Sanford
January 6, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Man's Inhumanity To Hume

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