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Mark Sanford

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Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford Extinguishes Lifeless Presidential Campaign

Former South Carolina congressman and governor, who'd been running on debt/deficits, says impeachment has sucked all the oxygen out of the room.

Matt Welch | 11.12.2019 2:30 PM

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Libertarian Party

Candidates Vie to Represent the Libertarian Wing of the Libertarian Party

Jacob Hornberger becomes the latest back-to-basics libertarian to enter the Libertarian presidential race.

Matt Welch | 11.7.2019 12:30 PM

TrumpToast

Election 2020

Trump Beats His GOP Competitors at Fundraising 194 to 1

The 'Three Stooges' of Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and Mark Sanford raised $647,000 combined in the third quarter, compared to $125.7 million for the presidential juggernaut.

Matt Welch | 10.17.2019 4:40 PM

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Republican Presidential Nomination

Trump Prepares Potemkin Convention

Even as impeachment poll numbers rise, the GOP gleefully stifles any hint of internal dissent.

Matt Welch | 10.9.2019 2:09 PM

Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford Still Cares About Spending

The Republican presidential candidate sells his fiscal conservatism to Trevor Noah.

Zuri Davis | 10.1.2019 10:35 AM

NeverTrumpers

Bill Weld

Bill Weld, on Trump's Ukraine Call: 'It's Treason, Pure and Simple, and the Penalty for Treason…Is Death'

That escalated quickly.

Matt Welch | 9.23.2019 3:13 PM

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Reason Podcast

Democrats' Anti-Scientific Climate Dystopias

What last week's town hall tells us about this week's presidential debate—and about the state of Democratic policy thinking

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 9.9.2019 4:35 PM

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Mark Sanford

Former S.C. Congressman Mark Sanford Launches Longshot Primary Bid One Day After GOP Cancels S.C. Primary

In Sunday morning announcement, Sanford says Trump is the "king of debt," and promises to champion fiscal issues.

Eric Boehm | 9.8.2019 3:30 PM

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Reason Podcast

Can #NeverTrump GOP Presidential Wannabe Joe Walsh Run on Deficit Reduction and Win?

The ex-congressman and talk show host thinks he can save the Republican Party.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 8.26.2019 4:45 PM

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Reason Roundup

Last Week's ICE Raids Were a Tremendously Expensive Political Show That Didn't Make Anyone Safer

Plus: The trade war still isn't good or easy to win, trans activists are upset about a new romantic comedy, and more....

Eric Boehm | 8.13.2019 9:42 AM

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Election 2020

Mark Sanford Gives Himself Two Weeks to Decide if He Wants to Be Trump Roadkill

The man who couldn't win a GOP primary on his home turf as an incumbent is polling at just 4%—though even that is better than Bill Weld.

Matt Welch | 8.1.2019 9:10 AM

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Debt and Deficits

Republicans Are the Party of Trillion-Dollar Deficits

If Mark Sanford wants to run a presidential campaign on restraining federal spending, he's in the wrong party.

Matt Welch | 7.19.2019 6:05 AM

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Budget Deficit

Rush Limbaugh Abandons Fiscal Conservatism

The pundit heavily criticized President Obama for excessive spending. Now he says it doesn't matter.

Billy Binion | 7.18.2019 5:15 PM

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Justin Amash

Amash: Republicans Defending Trump Are 'Hurting Themselves and They're Hurting the Country'

A new book gives insight into Amash's breakup with the Republican Party, which was well underway before Amash said Trump should face impeachment proceedings.

Eric Boehm | 7.17.2019 10:10 AM

Mark Sanford

Election 2020

Mark Sanford, Old Trump Foe, May Enter Republican Presidential Primary

The libertarian-leaning Republican was unseated after criticizing, among several things, the president's poor grasp of the Constitution.

Zuri Davis | 7.16.2019 11:20 AM

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Future

Budget Hawks Fly the Coop

Goodbye to Paul Ryan, Jeff Flake, and Mark Sanford.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.1.2019 6:00 AM

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Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford's Farewell: Spending and Debt 'Could Lead to a Future Hitler-like Character'

Departing congressman warns against populism, "cult of personality," "post-truth" politics, and a government spending addiction that threatens to drive the American civilization "extinct."

Matt Welch | 12.27.2018 3:20 PM

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Mitt Romney

New Hope for the Freedom Caucus in Tuesday's Primaries, Plus Trump Endorsements and Mitt Romney

A handful of primary races and runoffs in seven states hold a national significance.

Zuri Davis | 6.26.2018 4:20 PM

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Donald Trump

Trump Pisses off GOP Lawmakers With Petty Mark Sanford Jokes

The incident says a lot of things about the president's character, none of them good.

Christian Britschgi | 6.21.2018 10:40 AM

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Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford Is a Libertarian Republican Who Took on Trump. He Just Lost His Primary.

The Trump-ening of the Republican Party continues apace. Sanford had criticized Trump for, among other things, saying the constitution had an Article XII.

Eric Boehm | 6.12.2018 11:22 PM

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