Sanford's 1st District, slightly reconfigured from the one he held for three terms in the 1990s, is strongly Republican and Mitt Romney took it by 18 points in last year's presidential race. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt also ran.
Date: May 08, 2013
Source: Google
Political redemption: Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford wins his old congressional ...
54 percent of the vote against Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, in a district that hasn't elected a Democratic congressman in more than three decades. About 32 percent of the district's voters went to the polls. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt finished far behind.
Date: May 08, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Sanford aims for comeback in SC election, as poll shows dead heat
The two, along with Green Party candidate Eugene Platt, are competing for the seat in the 1st Congressional District -- one left vacant by now-Sen. Tim Scott and held by Sanford for three terms in the 1990s.
Date: May 07, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Colbert Busch accentuates the positive in campaign
satirist Stephen Colbert, faces Sanford in the May 7 primary to fill the seat left vacant when U.S. Rep. Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Scott replaced Jim DeMint who resigned to head a conservative think tank. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt is the third candidate on next month's ballot.
Date: Apr 04, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
James Island post office to kick off breast cancer stamps sales
For the tenth year running, Eugene Platt will buy more than $1,000 worth of Breast Cancer Research stamps at the James Island Post Office to honor his wife, Mary, who died of the disease in March 2003.
Eugene Platt (1969-1972), Jane Murray (1961-1974), Amanda Keith (1983-1993), Christina Taft (1982-1995), Maria Christie (1979-1991), Lloyd Whatley (1972-1982)