(Columbia-AP) Nov. 24, 2003 - Governor Mark Sanford has asked a top campaign adviser and his general counsel to oversee his office in the interim as Fred Carter steps down as chief of staff.

Tom Davis worked on Sanford's campaign last year and joined the governor's staff in August as a senior policy adviser. Henry White is Sanford's chief legal counsel. He's held that position since just after Sanford's inauguration in January.

Sanford has previously said he'd use a team approach as he continues searching for a new chief of staff. Sanford says the position has been very tough to fill because of the job's demands and pay.

Carter served in the administration's top job all year, but always planned to return to his job as president of Francis Marion University.

In August Sanford announced First Lady Jenny Sanford took on some administrative duties in the governor's office, though she was at no time acting as chief of staff. She's a former investment banker who is sitting in on some of her husband's meetings and is communicating between him and his executive staff.

Jenny Sanford ran her husband's elections for Congress in the 1990s and for governor last year. She is not being paid.

updated 8:40am by Brett Witt