In nine postseason games, United has won six times, tied on three occasions and never lost to New York.

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Sanford, who turns 53 later this month, has never lost a race in three runs for Congress and two for governor.

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"We were concerned that if we went through another three or four months in the courts the amount of money lost may never have been made up, " he said.

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