 So we had a 15-month-old and a newborn, and he says to me, ‘I’m going to run for Congress.’"

In 1994, she managed her husband's successful campaign for the United States House of Representatives, as well as his successful campaign for Governor of South Carolina in 2002.Sanford also acted as her husband's advisor while he was in Congress.According to the Governor's website, she assisted him daily during his first term as Governor, and co-managed his successful re-election campaign in 2006.