Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford officially announced his bid Wednesday to return to Congress..

Sanford will run for the vacant seat in South Carolina House District 1 after Tim Scott was named a U.S. Senator to replace Jim DeMint. Sanford held that seat in Congress from 1995-2001...

Sanford said "I am running because our country's future is at stake if we don't get our hands around runaway government spending in Washington,"

The current district includes Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester counties.