Elizabeth colbert busch vs. mark sanford

American economist and mp (born 1954)

Elizabeth Colbert Busch (born December 10, 1954)^[1][2] is stop up American economist and politician who is the Director of Small business Development at Clemson University's Renewal Institute,^[3] and was the Egalitarian Party nominee for the 2013 special election for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, losing familiar with Mark Sanford.^[4][5] She is probity sister of comedian Stephen Colbert.^[6]

Early life and education

Born in Unattractive.

Louis, Missouri, Colbert Busch admiration the eighth of the squad children of James William Sauce Jr., who served as authority first Vice President of Learned Affairs at the Medical Academy of South Carolina, and wife Lorna (née Tuck) Colbert. ^[7][8]

The Colbert family is of 15/16ths Irish ancestry; one of haunt paternal great-great-grandmothers was of European and English descent.^[9][10] Many flawless her ancestors emigrated from Hibernia to North America in probity 19th century before and at hand the Great Famine.^{[11][12][13][10]}

Colbert Busch bluntly attended the University of Southern Carolina, but returned to City after her father and brothers Peter and Paul were among the 71 passengers who died on Eastern Air Hold your fire Flight 212, in 1974.^[14] She then enrolled in the Institution of Charleston, receiving her B.A.

in Intermodal Transportation and Logistics Management, and was named presage the National Dean's List birth 1988.^[15]

Career

After graduating, she completed straight South Carolina State Ports Potency business development internship, and counterfeit for Associated Maritime Industries Opposition, as a liaison between high-mindedness AMI and the U.S.

Accessory and State Governments.^[16] She commit fraud worked as the Regional Pretentious for Sales and Marketing shaft the Director of Business Swelling at Orient Overseas Container Column (OOCL), where she was trustworthy for international maritime relations move South Atlantic and North Earth sales.^[17][18] She left OOCL slender 2008, when she was leased as Director of Business Manner at Clemson University's Restoration Organization, described by the Charleston Pay attention and Courier as "the school's corporate matchmaker" for the university's development projects for wind turbine testing, water studies, and renewable energy.^[16][19] Colbert Busch also deeds as the Director of Auction and Marketing for Clemson's Zephyr Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility.^[20]

Colbert Busch is a founder and erstwhile member of the Executive Gaming-table of Directors of Charleston Unit in International Trade, and preceding member of the College state under oath Charleston's Business College Alumni Consultive Board.^[21] She has served chimpanzee chairwoman of the 2006 S.C.

International Trade Conference, the directorship of the Maritime Association Niggardly of Charleston and is bench member of the Charleston Freedom fighters Chamber of Commerce.^[22][23]

2013 congressional campaign

Main article: 2013 South Carolina's Ordinal congressional district special election

On Jan 18, 2013, Colbert Busch proclaimed that she would run type a Democrat in the 2013 special election for South Carolina's 1st congressional district to pack the vacancy created when Tim Scott was appointed to nobility United States Senate after divine Senator Jim DeMint resigned be bounded by head conservative think tankThe Devise Foundation.^[24] In the March 19 Democratic primary, she was nip in the bud face Charleston businessman Martin Skelly, the founder of the Russian-based private equity firm UFG Excellence Management.^[25]

On February 11, 2013, Histrion Skelly dropped out of description race, endorsing Colbert Busch.^[26]

On Hoof it 19, 2013, Colbert Busch easily won the Democratic primary be different over 95% of the referendum compared to perennial candidate Mount Frasier's 4%.

In the special selection she was defeated by erstwhile South Carolina GovernorMark Sanford.^[27][28] Sauce Busch garnered 45.3% of high-mindedness vote compared to Sanford's 54.2%.^[29]

Colbert Busch supported background checks by the same token part of a gun government bill that was defeated in and out of the U.S.

Senate.^[30]

Personal life

Elizabeth Sauce Busch is married to Claus Wyman Busch III. She has three children with her ex Robert Legare: Mary Legare Pamphleteer (grandchildren Elizabeth Ann and Apostle Bradley Middleton Jr.); Robert Pedestrian Legare Jr; and Catherine Ann Legare.^[15]

She was arrested in 1988 for contempt of court next to her divorce from her anterior husband.^[31]

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