The majority of South Carolina's state Senate Republicans are calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to leave office.
The growing chorus of lawmakers who've publicly announced or told The Associated Press they want the philandering governor gone reached 14 Wednesday.
There are 27 Republicans in the Senate - a 46-member chamber the party controls.
The tally shows the erosion of the governor's support but has no practical effect.
Any impeachment move would have to begin in the GOP-controlled House.
However, the Senate is where Sanford has drawn the most support from lawmakers.
The defectors include five of his dozen closest allies.
Sanford chronicled his affair with an Argentine woman in interviews with The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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