Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) on Tuesday will face voters for the first time since his dramatic fall from grace — and it’s expected he’ll finish at the top of the heap in a GOP House primary.
Sanford, whose campaign has been equal parts fiscal ideology and apology tour, will likely win enough of the vote to make the GOP primary runoff, set for April 2.
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The big questions are whether he shows he has the strength to win the runoff — and which of the 15 other candidates he’ll face.
“He will make the runoff — he’s definitely going to come in first. He has a solid core vote that stays with him,” said former state Sen. John Kuhn (R), one of the stronger candidates vying to face the former governor in the runoff.
