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Trailing in the Republican congressional primary to an opponent supported in last-minute tweets by President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford told supporters in South Carolina on Tuesday night: "I'm going to lose this race."
Results were still coming in as he made the comments in suburban Charleston. With much of the vote counted, state Rep. Katie Arrington was on the cusp of winning outright. But as Sanford spoke, the race was still too close to call.
Arrington says Sanford criticized Trump too much, calling him a "Never Trumper." One of her ads said "it's time for Mark Sanford to take a hike — for real this time." That refers to 2009, when Sanford's aides said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail while he actually visited a woman with whom he was having an affair in Argentina.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/rep-sanford-gop-primary-im-lose-race-55852046
Good Job Katie!!!! Mark Sanford was toxic. His career in politics is over!