Wednesday, June 2, 2010

SC gov hopeful denies claim of 2nd affair



By JIM DAVENPORT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina lobbyist resigned from a rival political campaign on Wednesday and then became the second man to claim he had a tryst with a Republican lawmaker trying to become the state’s first female governor. Lobbyist Larry Marchant admitted he had no proof to back up his allegation of a one-night stand with state Rep. Nikki Haley in 2008 and her campaign vehemently denied the allegation. Earlier in the day, Marchant resigned from the campaign of Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who is competing with Haley for the GOP nomination in the June 8 primary. “This is a false and outrageous desperate attack from a losing candidate’s paid...

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