Tag Archives: US Senate Race

Liveblogging Rawl-Greene Election Protest

Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.

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8:20
The Executive Committee votes overwhelmingly to reject Vic Rawl’s protest and uphold the U.S. Senate primary election results. Alvin Greene remains the Democratic Senate nominee.
8:15
Roll call vote now being called in Executive Committee session on motion to reject Rawl’s protest request. It’s not looking good for Rawl supporters…
8:10
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter speaks in favor of denying [...]

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Rawl Protest

Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.

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Later this afternoon, I’ll be heading over to SCEA headquarters to cover Vic Rawl’s protest of his primary loss to Alvin Greene. We’ll be liveblogging here, as well using our Twitter stream to bring you continuous updates. Unfortunately, we want be able to provide streaming video, unless you just want a picture of me typing [...]

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Was Joe Wilson’s Team Behind Alvin Greene?

Posted on14. Jun, 2010 by Tim Kelly.

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As Vic Rawl files a protest of last week’s primary victory by mystery man Alvin Greene, there is increasing speculation that none other than the team of Joe “You Lie” Wilson may be involved.
Rep. Jim Clyburn seemed to be implying such yesterday on CNN. Clyburn said his primary challenge from Gregory Brown and the Greene [...]

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Thoughts on the Rawl and Burton primary losses

Posted on11. Jun, 2010 by Jennifer Read.

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South Carolina Democrats have been shocked this week by the Rawl and Burton primary losses. But they shouldn’t be.
Alvin Greene and Ben Frasier’s upset victories have sparked speculation by Democratic leaders and activists that something is rotten in the Palmetto State (or perhaps I should say, even more rotten than usual). After all, how [...]

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Trouble Ahead for Demint?

Posted on25. May, 2010 by Tim Kelly.

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While our Deminted U.S. Senator plays kingmaker to racially stupid Rand Paul and that buffoon in Florida, could he be headed for trouble right here in River City?
Democratic challenger Vic Rawl is touting a SCIndex/Crantford poll that hints at it:
…the state’s junior US Senator, Republican Jim DeMint, may have to defend his job performance in [...]

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