Age: 58
Occupation: Director of business development at Clemson University’s Restoration Institute
Politics: Democratic nominee for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Positions: Colbert Busch supports gay marriage, calling it a civil rights issue. She favors a “tough but fair” path to citizenship for the country’s millions of undocumented workers. She says she is against raising taxes “in the short term,” arguing Congress should end fraud, waste and abuse in federal programs such as Medicare to save money before raising taxes.
Endorsements: South Carolina Democratic Women’s Council, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia; U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.; Charleston Mayor Joe Riley; the South Carolina chapter of the AFL-CIO; Charleston businessman Martin Skelly, Colbert Busch’s former Democratic primary opponent
Family: Husband, Claus; three children; brother, Stephen, host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report”
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A plane crash. A terrorist attack. “America’s Most Wanted.”
Elizabeth Colbert Busch just sighs.
“My life’s challenges have become my life’s blessings,” she said. “Those challenges, from the time that I was a young girl until today, (are) the reason why I’m running for office.”