Then-President George W. Bush campaigns with gubernatorial candidate Mark Sanford, left, and then-Rep. Lindsey Graham, right, in October 2002. Sanford went on to win two terms as South Carolina's governor. Click through the images to see the ups and downs of Sanford's political career.
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Then-President George W. Bush campaigns with gubernatorial candidate Mark Sanford, left, and then-Rep. Lindsey Graham, right, in October 2002. Sanford went on to win two terms as South Carolina's governor. Click through the images to see the ups and downs of Sanford's political career.
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Mark Sanford is surrounded by family as he is sworn in for his second term as governor by South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal in January 2006.
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Mark Sanford is surrounded by family as he is sworn in for his second term as governor by South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal in January 2006.
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Security camera video shows Sanford walking through the Columbia, South Carolina, airport leaving for a secret trip to Argentina to visit Maria Belen Chapur, with whom he admitted to having an affair.
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Security camera video shows Sanford walking through the Columbia, South Carolina, airport leaving for a secret trip to Argentina to visit Maria Belen Chapur, with whom he admitted to having an affair.
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Chapur walks to her apartment after shopping at a supermarket in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 2009, a couple weeks after Sanford admitted they were having an affair.
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Chapur walks to her apartment after shopping at a supermarket in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 2009, a couple weeks after Sanford admitted they were having an affair.
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Sanford arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta in June 2009. He admitted to a reporter waiting for him that he had been in Argentina instead of hiking the Appalachian Trail, as aides were telling reporters.
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Sanford arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta in June 2009. He admitted to a reporter waiting for him that he had been in Argentina instead of hiking the Appalachian Trail, as aides were telling reporters.
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Sanford speaks during a news conference at the South Carolina State Capitol in June 2009. Sanford admitted to reporters that he was having an affair with Chapur.
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Sanford speaks during a news conference at the South Carolina State Capitol in June 2009. Sanford admitted to reporters that he was having an affair with Chapur.
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Jenny Sanford, Mark Sanford's wife, front, and a helper carry belongings out of the Governor's Mansion in August 7, 2009, as she moves herself and the Sanfords' children to their home in Charleston for the school year.
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Jenny Sanford, Mark Sanford's wife, front, and a helper carry belongings out of the Governor's Mansion in August 7, 2009, as she moves herself and the Sanfords' children to their home in Charleston for the school year.
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Sanford throws up his arms after voting in May 2013 in his runoff with Elizabeth Colbert Busch for the same congressional seat he held before running for governor.
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Sanford throws up his arms after voting in May 2013 in his runoff with Elizabeth Colbert Busch for the same congressional seat he held before running for governor.
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House Speaker John Boehner, left, greets Sanford, Chapur and members of Sanford's family before a ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol in May 2013.
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House Speaker John Boehner, left, greets Sanford, Chapur and members of Sanford's family before a ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol in May 2013.
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Sanford walks down the U.S. Capitol steps following the last votes of the week on June 14, 2013.
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Sanford walks down the U.S. Capitol steps following the last votes of the week on June 14, 2013.
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