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Republican presidential candidate, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Sanford, the former South Carolina governor, congressman and one-time presidential candidate, is going to work for a lobbying firm. Shumaker Advisors announced Tuesday, March 30, 2021, that Sanford would be joining the firm, working from Charleston. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Former SC governor, congressman Sanford joins lobbying firm

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Mark Sanford’s campaign kickoff for Trump primary challenge draws one supporter

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, right, chats with patrons at the Puritan Backroom restaurant, during a campaign stop, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ** FILE **

Mark Sanford: Impeachment push makes it harder on Trump primary challengers

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Mark Sanford, a former congressman and governor of South Carolina, released a video on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, warning of the increasing debt. (Screen grab from YouTube) ** FILE **

Mark Sanford: GOP nominee would be stronger with ‘robust’ debate of ideas

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this July 21, 2018, file photo, Republican politician Mark Sanford speaks at OZY Fest in Central Park in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Mark Sanford announces Trump primary challenge

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Mark Sanford weighs Donald Trump 2020 primary challenge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Mark Sanford, a former congressman and governor of South Carolina, released a video on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, warning of the increasing debt. (Screen grab from YouTube) ** FILE **

Mark Sanford: Debt, spending issues could help ‘destroy our republic’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mark Sanford aims to make decision on primary challenge to Donald Trump by end of summer

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Mark Sanford previews possible 2020 primary message

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Mark Sanford mulling 2020 primary challenge against Donald Trump: Report

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2018 photo Democratic candidate (SC-1) Joe Cunningham at a campaign stop in Charleston, SC. Democrats trying to flip a U.S. House seat in South Carolina for the first time since 1986 are pouring most of their efforts into a coastal district where the Republican incumbent lost to an enthusiastic backer of President Donald Trump. (Wade Spees/The Charleston Post and Courier via AP)

Local concerns, personal touch help Democrat win in red SC

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, South Carolina Rep. Katie Arrington, who is running for the first district of South Carolina, campaigns after voting for herself in the primary election at Bethany United Methodist Church in Summerville. Arrington, who defeated U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford in his re-election bid, has been seriously injured in a deadly wreck. Spokesman Michael Mule tells media outlets Arrington has undergone surgery for her injuries and was recovering Saturday, June 23, 2018, in a Charleston-area hospital. (Kathryn Ziesig/The Post And Courier via AP, File)

Katie Arrington, lawmaker who beat Mark Sanford in primary, seriously injured in crash

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

AP FACT CHECK: Trump hears applause where there were boos

By BEATRICE DUPUY - Associated Press

In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Mark Sanford: Donald Trump’s midterm tweet is ‘game over’ for compromise bill

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, left, gestures as he walks with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., right, while leaving the U.S. Capitol in Washington after meeting with GOP leadership, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Walking behind them is Stephen Miller, center, White House senior adviser. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump takes swipe at South Carolina’s Sanford in GOP meeting

By KEN THOMAS and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sanford fears loss may have chilling effect on Trump critics

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In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Mark Sanford says fearful Republicans ‘don’t want to be on the losing side’ of a Donald Trump tweet

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Poll volunteer Tom Spain hands out stickers to former Gov, Mark Sanford after he cast his own ballot at Alhambra Hall polling station Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP) ** FILE **

Mark Sanford warns: Tribal politics, Trumpism ‘alarmingly dangerous’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford hugged his sons after addressing his supporters at Liberty Tap Room in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Sanford lost his first election ever Tuesday, beaten for the Republican nomination for another term in the coastal 1st District around Charleston by state Rep. Katie Arrington. (Wade Spees/The Post And Courier via AP)

In SC primary, ardent Trump backer defeats Rep. Mark Sanford

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and CHRISTINA L. MYERS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, Virginia GOP senatorial hopeful, Corey Stewart, gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Stewart, a conservative provocateur and supporter of President Donald Trump won Virginia's Republican primary Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in the U.S. Senate race, and he has promised to run a &quot;vicious&quot; campaign against incumbent Tim Kaine. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

The Latest: Ryan dismisses Sanford loss as “what happens”

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