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Sanford defeated in primary defined by support for Trump
The Hill ^ | 06/13/18 | Ben Kamisar

Posted on 06/12/2018 9:28:08 PM PDT by iowamark

Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) appears to have lost his Tuesday primary, which became a referendum on his criticism of President Trump.

State Rep. Katie Arrington, who hammered Sanford as a traitor to President Trump, is projected to win the GOP primary in a victory that may spell the end of Sanford’s long political career in the state.

The Associated Press called the race at 12:09 a.m., with Arrington leading Sanford by 51-47 percent margin with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Sanford becomes the second incumbent to lose a reelection primary bid this cycle.

Sanford had never lost an election until Tuesday, even after he was caught having an affair in 2009 while governor in a revelation that also threatened his political career. But his willingness to criticize Trump, who is lionized by the GOP primary electorate, proved politically fatal.

The congressman may not have had a difficult primary fight but for his repeated criticisms of Trump both during the election and since the president took office. In 2017, he told Politico that Trump “has fanned the flames of intolerance” and has been one of the few GOP lawmakers to demand Trump release his tax returns.

That criticism became the centerpiece of Arrington’s campaign—she blasted Sanford as a “Never Trumper” on the stump and in campaign ads, arguing that the district would be best served by a Trump ally instead of an antagonist. She also savaged him for his affair, airing an innuendo-laden television ad that told Sanford to “take a hike,” a reference to his initial cover story that he had been hiking the Appalachian Trail when he had really caught a flight to Argentina to see his mistress.

That strategy won Arrington a last minute endorsement of Trump...

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: argentina; donaldtrump; katiearrington; marksanford; nevertrump; sanford; sc1; trump
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1 posted on 06/12/2018 9:28:08 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: iowamark

Winning!


2 posted on 06/12/2018 9:29:11 PM PDT by hattend
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To: iowamark

Bush League Republicans hell bent on making America into North Mexico must become extinct politically before the Republic does.


3 posted on 06/12/2018 9:29:58 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: iowamark

Voters told him to take a hike.


4 posted on 06/12/2018 9:31:28 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Ken H

Aw geez, the article beat me to it.


5 posted on 06/12/2018 9:32:12 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yes! And another one bites the dust.


6 posted on 06/12/2018 9:37:16 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: iowamark

Good riddance.


7 posted on 06/12/2018 9:39:15 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: iowamark
Is Sanford the one that ran off with some South American prostitute and disappeared for some time?

How is it he has ANY political life if he is not a democrat?

8 posted on 06/12/2018 9:42:38 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: iowamark

So..can the GOPe go thad cochran on Katie?


9 posted on 06/12/2018 9:48:38 PM PDT by South Dakota (We need a real independent investigation of Bill/Hillary and Obama's actions)
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To: iowamark

He could have jumped on the Trump Train but for some reason he decided he didn’t want to.


10 posted on 06/12/2018 9:50:07 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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11 posted on 06/12/2018 9:55:09 PM PDT by KavMan
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12 posted on 06/12/2018 9:57:06 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Very, very few - if any at all - Trump supporters in the House or Senate have “retired” before the 2018 elections.

Many - if not all - of the “retirees” (quitters!) have been strong GROPElite Never-Trumperts!


13 posted on 06/12/2018 10:08:03 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

With nothing to lose, he can go all in for amnesty before he leaves.


14 posted on 06/12/2018 10:08:22 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: iowamark

Bye Bye Mark.
I have the feeling he will be back running for something.
He might believe that politics is all that he has now, sort of like Alan Grayson (Mr. Die Quickly!).


15 posted on 06/12/2018 10:09:01 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: hattend

She got over 50% of the vote. There will be no run off.


16 posted on 06/12/2018 10:11:50 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: iowamark

Sanford has a good voting record. Thge Freedom Caucus members liked him.


17 posted on 06/12/2018 10:22:13 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’ll predict that he doesn’t.


18 posted on 06/12/2018 10:23:40 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Ken H

I see what you did there.


19 posted on 06/12/2018 10:37:49 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: iowamark

That’s odd because all the freerepublic knowitalls (you know who you are) said Trump coming out for support of Sanford’s opponent TODAY was “a wasted effort, too little too late, why bother? BLAH, BLAH, BLAH”


20 posted on 06/12/2018 10:43:18 PM PDT by lewislynn ( Jeff Sessions not a mouse or mr. magoo but a low life back stabbing bastard pretending to be AG)
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