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Elizabeth Colbert Busch (; born December 10, 1954) is the Director of Business Development at Clemson University’s Restoration Institute,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Faculty & Staff )〕 and was the Democratic Party nominee for the 2013 special election for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, losing to Mark Sanford.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Stephen Colbert's Sister Plots House Run in South Carolina )〕 She is the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert. On January 18, 2013, Colbert Busch announced her candidacy for the U.S. House as a member of the Democratic Party to fill the seat vacated by Tim Scott upon his appointment to the U.S. Senate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Colbert's Sister Entering SC Congressional Race )〕 She lost the special election for a seat in the House of Representatives in South Carolina's 1st congressional district to former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford on May 7, 2013. She chose not to run again in 2014. ==Early life and education== Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Colbert Busch is the eighth of eleven children of parents James William Colbert, Jr., who served as the first Vice President of academic affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina, and Lorna (Tuck) Colbert, who was a homemaker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Comedian Stephen Colbert's sister to run for Congress )〕 The Colbert family is of Irish, English, and distant German descent. She briefly attended the University of South Carolina, but returned to Charleston after her father and two brothers Peter and Paul were among seventy-one passengers who died on Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, in 1974. She then enrolled in the College of Charleston, receiving her B.A. in Intermodal Transportation and Logistics Management, and was named to the National Dean’s List in 1988.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cwitsc.org/documents/Bio06_Colbert-Busch.pdf )〕 Elizabeth Colbert Busch is married to Claus Wyman Busch III. She has three children with her ex-husband Robert Legare: Mary Legare Middleton (grandchildren Elizabeth Ann and Thomas Bradley Middleton Jr.); Robert Walker Legare Jr; and Catherine Ann Legare.〔 She was arrested in 1988 for contempt of court during her divorce from her previous husband. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Colbert Busch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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