Mark Sanford even reportedly offered to pay Jenny Sanford 'this time.' Report: Sanford asked ex to run bid

After she opted not to run for Congress and he decided to, former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford had an indecent proposal for his ex-wife Jenny, according to a report.

“Since you’re not running, I want to know if you’ll run my campaign,” Sanford asked Jenny Sanford, who ran his earlier campaigns for Congress and governor, according to New York Magazine. “We could put the team back together.”


He even sweetened the deal. “I could pay you this time,” he told the woman who he left for an Argentinian mistress. Jenny Sanford had worked on his earlier campaigns for free.

Jenny declined Mark’s offer.

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Sanford is running for the seat vacated by Tim Scott when Nikki Haley appointed Scott to the Senate. He’s the frontrunner in the GOP primary, and if he wins, will likely face Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, in the general election.