Jenny Sanford files for divorce from South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford
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Politics makes strange bedfellows and sometimes the reverse is just as true.
Jenny Sanford, the estranged wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, announced that she was filing for divorce, the latest chapter in the soap opera that has become the life of the former presidential aspirant, who admitted having an extramarital affair with a woman from Argentina.
“As so many of us know, the dissolution of any marriage is a sad and painful process. It is also a very personal and private one. Because Mark and I are public figures, we have naturally had less privacy with which to deal with our difficulties than do other couples,” Jenny Sanford said in a prepared statement.
“I am now filing for divorce. This came after many unsuccessful efforts at reconciliation, yet I am still dedicated to keeping the process that lies ahead peaceful for our family,” she said.
Once a GOP contender for 2012, Sanford refused to comment this morning.
Sanford, 49, disappeared for days in June, saying he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail. It turned out he flew to Argentina to be with his lover.
His tearful confession when the tryst became known shattered his political career and led to unsuccessful calls for his impeachment.
--Michael Muskal
