Lt. Governor Andre Bauer says Governor Mark Sanford’s new affair details, released Tuesday, are hurting the state’s reputation.

Bauer says the negative attention Sanford’s scandal is getting is shining a bad light on the state. Tuesday, the governor admitted to having more encounters with his mistress, Maria Chapur of Argentina, than he announced a week ago. He also confessed to seeing other women before Chapur, but never crossed the “sex” line.

Now that Senate Republicans and newspapers across South Carolina are calling for Sanford to resign, if that were to happen, Bauer would take over as governor for the next 18 months. The lieutenant governor spoke with reporters in Myrtle Beach Tuesday after the news and said it’s not his place to say what the governor should do. But, when asked what he would do if he were Sanford he said: “I would find myself away from everybody for a few days, pray, talk with immediate family members and friends, and a lot of soul searching.” Bauer also said people should not be so quick to judge when they may not know the situation and all of the facts.

The calls for Governor Mark Sanford to resign are getting louder and more powerful.

An increasing number of lawmakers are calling for Governor Sanford to resign, some of those being the state’s leading Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler of Gaffney says the governor has not been consistent in his story about his affair and the new information Sanford released Tuesday, that he had more encounters with his mistress, Maria Chapur of Argentina, than he previously announced, has raised many doubts about his stability to lead the state.

Besides Peeler, Other leading republicans include: Hugh Leatherman, Jake Knotts, Thomas Alexander, Paul Campbell, Larry Martin and William O’dell. Those calls are being echoed by at least six prominent newspapers in South Carolina. The Greenville News, The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, The Herald of Rock Hill, the Morning News of Florence, The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg and The Item of Sumter are calling for Sanford to resign.

Tuesday, Sanford also revealed to crossing lines with other women before Chapur while he was married, but never had sex with them. The governor also stated he believes Chapur is his soul mate, but he will try and work his marriage out with his wife.