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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsSC The 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim DeMint won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Alvin Greene. However, DeMint did not serve out the full term to which he was elected; he resigned in 2013 to become president of The Heritage Foundation.[1]

As of 2023, this is the last election in which one of the two major parties' nominees for this Senate seat was not a person of color.

Democratic primary

On June 8, 2010, Alvin Greene won the South Carolina Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, receiving 100,362 (59%) votes out of 170,215 votes cast; 69,853 (41%) went to Vic Rawl.[2] Greene's victory over Rawl, a Charleston County councilmember and former state legislator,[3] was described as an upset.[4][5]

Candidates

Results

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Democratic primary results by county: Шаблон:Collapsible list Шаблон:Collapsible list

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Republican primary

Candidates

  • Jim DeMint, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Susan McDonald Gaddy

Results

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General election

Candidates

Campaign

Controversies surrounded the Democratic nominee, Alvin Greene. At the time of his Senate campaign, Greene was unemployed and living with and caring for his father[8] in Manning, South Carolina.[9] Greene's primary election win and his margin of victory surprised pundits. As of the primary, he had held no public campaign events, raised no money, and did not have a campaign website.[10]

U.S. Congressman Jim Clyburn recommended Greene drop out of the race or face a federal investigation into his candidacy, even as Greene faced a felony obscenity charge in Richland County from November 2009. Clyburn said, "There were some real shenanigans going on in the South Carolina primary. I don't know if he was a Republican plant; he was someone's plant."[11] Political blog FiveThirtyEight's Tom Schaller suggested three possibilities: a legitimate vote, the vote was rigged, or the vote-counting software was corrupted. Schaller ruled out the possibility of Republican infiltration, similar to Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" in 2008.[12]

In response to an official protest filed by Vic Rawl, who was defeated by Greene in the Democratic primary, the executive committee of the South Carolina Democratic Party conducted a formal hearing on June 17, 2010, to assess the legitimacy of the primary election results.[13][14] Greene neither attended nor sent a representative to the hearing.[13] The executive committee of the South Carolina Democratic Party voted 55 to 10 to reject Rawl's request for a new Senate primary,[15][16] finding insufficient evidence of impropriety to disturb the primary election result.[15][16][17][18]

At multiple points during the campaign, the South Carolina Democratic Party called for Greene to withdraw his candidacy. In August 2010, South Carolina Democratic Party chairwoman Carol Fowler asserted that the criminal charges against Greene would make it impossible for him to run a statewide campaign.[19]

Green Party challenger Tom Clements won the endorsement of the Greater Columbia Central Labor Council of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, a coalition of labor unions.[20] The Clements campaign received regional media coverage.[21] A Winthrop University poll conducted between October 5 and 10, 741 likely South Carolina voters found Clements running second with 12.2% of the vote against 11.2% for Greene and 58.3% for incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint.[22][23] An October 13 article in the Columbia Free Times noted that prominent Democrats were privately donating money to the Clements campaign.[24] According to the FEC, as of September 30, Clements for Senate had raised $34,334. DeMint had raised in excess of $3 million, while Greene reported no fundraising activities.[25]

Write-in candidates also joined the race, including the Reverend Mazie Ferguson,[26] Mauldin High School teacher Greg Snoad,[27][28][29] Michael C Neumann, and chef Nathalie Dupree.[30] Mazie Ferguson was endorsed by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn in late August; Clyburn said he would not vote for Greene due to his felony indictment.[31]

Greene has been described as an enigmatic figure in American politics.[32][33] He is known for his "strange, well-documented behavior on the campaign trail".[34] A study by the Pew Research Center released in late July 2010 found that Greene's campaign had received the most media attention of all of the 2010 political campaigns.[35]

The Republican candidate, incumbent Senator Jim DeMint, largely campaigned outside South Carolina for Republican Senate candidates identified with the Tea Party.[36] Diverse media outlets frequently referred to DeMint as a party "kingmaker" for supporting successful primary challengers to mainstream Republican candidates.[37][38][39]

At an October 3 appearance before a rally at Spartanburg North Baptist Church, DeMint reminded the audience of his 2004 comments that gay men and sexually active single women should be prohibited from teaching in public schools.[40][41][42] The Spartanburg Herald-Journal reported:

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The remarks attracted national media attention, largely critical.[43] DeMint defended the statements, saying that local school boards should decide the issue.[44] Challenger Tom Clements condemned DeMint's stance in a subsequent interview with the Herald-Journal:

"He's trying to push his version of religion onto the entire country. And I believe in separation of church and state. And I do believe that gay people should have equal rights," Clements said. "That's his belief, but I don't think he can force that on society as a whole or the public school system."[45]

Endorsements

Organization endorsements

Tom Clements:

Jim DeMint

Newspaper endorsements

Tom Clements:

Jim DeMint:

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[54] Шаблон:USRaceRating October 26, 2010
Rothenberg[55] Шаблон:USRaceRating October 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics[56] Шаблон:USRaceRating October 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[57] Шаблон:USRaceRating October 21, 2010
CQ Politics[58] Шаблон:USRaceRating October 26, 2010

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Jim DeMint (R) Alvin Greene (D) Tom Clements (G) Other Undecided
Rasmussen Reports June 10, 2010 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 58% 21% –– 9% 13%
Rasmussen Reports August 3, 2010 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 62% 20% –– 7% 10%
Rasmussen Reports August 25, 2010 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 63% 19% –– 8% 10%
Rasmussen Reports September 22, 2010 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 64% 21% –– 10% 5%
Crantford & Associates October 2, 2010 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 58% 21% –– 10% 5%
Winthrop University October 5–10, 2010 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 58% 11% 12%[59] 3% 14%
Rasmussen Reports October 19, 2010 Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 58% 21% –– 15% 6%

Fundraising

Candidate (party) Receipts Disbursements Cash on hand Debt
Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Jim DeMint (R) $3,521,210 $2,915,717 $2,224,594 $0
Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | Alvin Greene (D) $0 $0 $0 $0
Шаблон:Party shading/Green | Tom Clements (G) $45,131 $20,216 $24,915 $0
Source: Federal Election Commission[60]

Results

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

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External links

Official campaign websites (Archived)

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Партнерские ресурсы
Криптовалюты
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Разное

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  8. ↑ Wolfe, Wes. http://www.wolfereports.com/tag/alvin-greene/ Strange happenings in the Dem senatorial primary. Шаблон:Webarchive Wolfe Reports. May 21, 2010.
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