United States Congressional candidate Curtis Bostic called his opponent, former South Carlina Governor Mark Sanford a “compromised candidate” according to CNN.
Bostic is referring to Sanfords marital affair from 2009. Sanford claimed to be on a hiking trip in the Appalachian Mountains, but he was really in Argentina visiting his mistress.
"Trust is a crucial issue. In fact, it has become a crucial issue in this race,” said the former Charleston City Councilman in a debate Thursday.
In addition to the jabs at Sanford’s past indiscretions, Bostic also mentioned that Democratic candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch is currently leading in the polls for the open congressional seat in South Carolina.
"A compromised candidate is not what we need. It's just not what we need. We need to secure this seat. It needs to be red,” he said.
The seat became available after Sen. Jim DeMint left the Senate in December. Republican Rep Tim Scott would leave his seat in the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina to fill DeMint’s seat in the Senate.
Sanford has acknowledged his past mistakes and is trying to make amends for them. He has even built his campaign around his road to redemption.
"The events of 2009 absolutely represent a failure on my part, for which there were and probably always will be consequences," he said. "But that does not mean, because you have had failure in your personal life that you cannot step back into life again."
He went on to say that Bostic is not a candidate without weakness.
“Both of us have vulnerabilities that (Colbert Busch) would try to exploit,” he said. "My faults are out - exposed - and all I can say, I have learned mightily from all of those mistakes."
Sanford received 37 percent of the votes during the Republican primary. However, that is not enough to make in the outright Republican candidate. Therefore, he is facing off against Bostic in a run-off for a chance to oppose Colbert Busch at voting booths in May.
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