Alvin Greene

CREW Calls For Investigation Of South Carolina Primary Shenanigans

Christina Bellantoni | June 15, 2010, 2:55PM

SC Sen candidate Alvin Greene (D)

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today joined Democrats calling for a state criminal investigation into the mysterious candidacy of Senate nominee Alvin Greene. Greene (D-SC) was able to capture 59 percent of the vote and win the party nomination last Tuesday despite having never campaigned. CREW also filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over alleged reporting violations by Greene and two other no-name Democratic candidates in South Carolina.

CREW and others have said the investigation should focus on how Greene came up with the more than $10,000 filing fee. Officials with the watchdog group asked South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster (R) to investigate whether Greene was "induced" to run in a violation of state law. That's an echo of the calls from the state Democratic Party and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, who has suggested Greene's candidacy was part of some sort of conspiracy.

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Alvin Greene

The Alvin Greene Story: No One Heard Of Vic Rawl, Either

Rachel Slajda | June 14, 2010, 12:34PM

Vic Rawl (D-SC)

Alvin Greene, as you probably know, didn't do any campaigning before getting nearly 60% of the vote in the South Carolina Democratic primary for Senate. He didn't have yard signs or a web site, and he didn't attend the state party's big political events, including the convention and the Galivants Ferry Stump.

His opponent, Vic Rawl, did campaign, and now he's alleging possible wrongdoing in the primary and protesting the results.

But something that's been all but ignored over the past week is the fact that, for all his campaigning, Rawl had no more name recognition than Greene.

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Vic Rawl Files Protest Of Alvin Greene's Primary Win In SC

Ben Frumin | June 14, 2010, 12:30PM

SC Sen candidate Alvin Greene (D) and primary opponent Vic Rawl

South Carolina Judge Vic Rawl -- who was beaten badly by the unheard of Alvin Greene in last week's South Carolina Democratic Senate primary -- announced today that he's filed a protest of the election results with the state party.

"We have filed this protest not for my personal or political gain, but on behalf of the people of South Carolina," Rawl said in the statement. "There is a cloud over Tuesday's election. There is a cloud over South Carolina, that affects all of our people, Democrats and Republicans, white and African-American alike."

Since Greene's surprising victory last week, the unemployed Army vet has made the cable news rounds -- and has come across as thoroughly not ready for prime time. Watch the highlights. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) has gone so far as to suggest that Greene may be a "plant."

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