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Alvin Greene Makes Another Awkward Appearance On MSNBC (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | October 12, 2010, 1:10PM

South Carolina Senate candidate Alvin Greene was on Lawrence O'Donnell's show last night, and the results were as awkward as we've come to expect from the surprise Democratic nominee facing Jim DeMint.

Sample dialogue:

O'Donnell: "There's a first question that all Senate candidates have to answer this year, and that is, of course, are you a witch?"

Greene: "No, first I want to remind everyone that DeMint started the recession."

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Former Staffer Claims Alvin Greene Used Anti-Gay Slur

Jillian Rayfield | September 2, 2010, 10:55AM

SC-SEN candidate Alvin Greene (D)

Dottie Sue Maggart-Feldmen, a former campaign aide to surprise South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene, has accused the beleaguered Dem of calling a local man a "fat white f*ggot." Maggart-Feldman alleges that Greene made that comment while she was riding in a car with him, and she later relayed the tale by leaving a voicemail for the man who the alleged comments were about.

Greene denies that he made that remark, and said Maggart-Feldmen, who resigned over the alleged comment, is "a troublemaker, a troublemaker. And that's all."

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Clyburn: I'm Not Going To Vote For Alvin Greene

Jillian Rayfield | August 26, 2010, 11:04AM

Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene

Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said yesterday that he's not going to vote for beleaguered Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene. "No, I'm not going to vote for Mr. Greene," he said.

Clyburn cited Greene's recent indictment on obscenity charges as his reason, telling reporters : "Look, I have three daughters, and a granddaughter. I think it would be an insult to them, if I did that."

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Alvin Greene Shouts At Reporters: 'Nooo!' (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | August 16, 2010, 1:15PM

SC Sen candidate Alvin Greene (D)

Surprise South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene told reporters over the weekend that he is staying in the race despite being indicted on obscenity charges last week.

And in a somewhat bizarre display, Greene also shooed the WCNC reporters away after they asked how he could stay in the race, ordering them to "leave the property. Go away." When the crew remained to talk to Greene's brother, the Democrat could be heard shouting "Gooo!" and "Nooo!" at them.

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L.A. Consulting Firm: Just Kidding! We're Back On Alvin Greene's Campaign

Jillian Rayfield | August 4, 2010, 12:32PM

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A week after announcing they would be representing South Carolina Democrat Alvin Greene in his campaign for Senate, the L.A.-based consulting firm the Warren Group announced they were splitting with Greene.

But now, less than a week after that announcement, the Warren Group says they're back on the Greene campaign, and "according to Alvin, we never left."

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Rasmussen Poll: Alvin Greene Trailing Really, Really Badly In SC-SEN Race

Thomas Rhiel | August 3, 2010, 10:41AM

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Rasmussen's out with a new poll of the South Carolina Senate race, and the numbers look bad for Democrat Alvin Greene. Really bad.

Greene, the surprise nominee whose economic recovery plan includes selling dolls in his image, is losing to incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint by a whopping 42 points, 62%-20%.

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Alvin Greene Splits With L.A. Consulting Firm -- After Less Than A Week

Jillian Rayfield | July 29, 2010, 12:35PM

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That didn't take long.

The Warren Group, a Los Angeles-based consulting group that was working for Democratic nominee Alvin Greene's campaign for senator of South Carolina, announced yesterday that they are leaving the campaign, after less than a week.

Donna Warren, who started the group, cited the company's location in Los Angeles as the reason for its departure.

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Alvin Greene: Military Docs Questioning My Abilities Are 'Ridiculous'

Jillian Rayfield | July 26, 2010, 11:31AM

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Surprise South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene says that documents obtained by the Associated Press that quote his army supervisors as calling him an "ineffective leader" are "ridiculous," and that "those folks" only "promote the terrorists and the communists."

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Meet Alvin Greene's New Campaign Team

Ben Frumin | July 23, 2010, 10:40AM

US Senate candidate Alvin Greene (D-SC)

Alvin Greene is getting a little professional help.

Corey Hutchins reports in the South Carolina alt-weekly Free Times that the state's surprise Democratic Senate nominee has hired a Los Angeles consulting firm founded by a former Congressional candidate to help run his campaign.

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Alvin Greene Gives First Campaign Speech: 'Reclaim Our Country' From 'Terrorists And The Communists' (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | July 19, 2010, 8:36AM

Alvin Greene, the Democratic nominee challenging Jim DeMint (R) for his South Carolina Senate seat, made his first public speech yesterday, and called for the country to "reclaim our country from the terrorists and the communists."

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SC Minor League Baseball Team Fulfilling Alvin Greene's Dream With Alvin Greene Action Figures

Jillian Rayfield | July 15, 2010, 3:22PM

Alvin Greene, the surprise Democratic Senate nominee in South Carolina, thinks the country's economic woes can be solved with a line of Alvin Greene action figures.

The minor league baseball Charleston RiverDogs are one step ahead of him, with plans to hand out "Mr. Lady Liberty" Statue of Liberty figurines at Saturday's game -- with Greene's face on the front.

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'Man On Fire': Alvin Greene Wants Denzel Washington To Play Him In A Movie

Jillian Rayfield | July 12, 2010, 1:13PM

SC-SEN candidate Alvin Greene (D)

In a new profile of Alvin Greene, the once-unknown Democratic senate nominee in South Carolina says if his story is ever made into a movie, he wants Denzel Washington to play him.

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Alvin Greene's Jobs Strategy: Sell Alvin Greene Dolls

Jillian Rayfield | July 7, 2010, 11:08AM

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Here's another one for the Alvin Greene files: The Democratic nominee for Senate in South Carolina says that one way to create "jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me. Like maybe little action dolls."

"It's not a joke," Greene said.

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Vic Rawl Concedes SC-SEN Democratic Primary To Alvin Greene

Eric Kleefeld | June 18, 2010, 5:31PM

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

Former South Carolina judge and ex-state legislator Vic Rawl has officially conceded the Democratic primary for Senate, after he had attempted to contest his upset loss to unemployed veteran Alvin Greene.

Rawl had originally insisted that there were irregularities or errors in vote-counting in his loss to Greene. A more common explanation has been that both candidates were unknown, and Greene's 60% victory owed something to his name having been listed in the first position on the ballot. And last night, the state Democratic Party upheld Greene's win, despite the embarrassment and scandals surrounding his arrest last fall on an obscenity charge.

In his statement, Rawl thanks his supporters, and announced that he will not further contest the result: "We hold our heads high, and know that the friendship of people like you is far more important in life that the outcome of any election."

However, he also said: "The issues we raised about the lack of election integrity in South Carolina are real, and they are not going away unless people act. I assure you that I will continue to speak out about our frail, vulnerable and unverifiable election system in the months to come."

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Poll: DeMint Leads Greene By 37 Points

Eric Kleefeld | June 15, 2010, 9:52AM

SC-SEN candidate Alvin Greene (D) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)

As if we needed any evidence, the new Rasmussen poll of South Carolina gives Republican Sen. Jim DeMint a wide lead over the surprise Democratic nominee Alvin Greene.

The numbers: DeMint 58%, Greene 21%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4.5% margin of error. The poll also finds 62% of likely voters giving DeMint a favorable rating, with 25% unfavorable, compared to a 20%-51% rating for Greene.

Greene won last week's Democratic primary with 60%, over the establishment's choice of former judge Vic Rawl, despite having not actively campaigned. Neither candidate was known by the voters, and Greene may have benefited from being listed in the first position on the ballot. After the primary, it was revealed that Greene was arrested last November on an obscenity charge for allegedly showing pornography to a college student. He has refused calls by the Democratic Party to drop out.

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Vic Rawl: I'm Taking The Allegations About Alvin Greene 'Very Seriously'

Evan McMorris-Santoro | June 10, 2010, 5:08PM

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

Judge Vic Rawl -- the man who lost to the mysterious Alvin Greene in Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina -- says that his campaign is actively searching for irregularities following Rep. Jim Clyburn's (D-SC) allegations that Greene was planted in the race by outside forces.

"There are a number of serious allegations out there about the election," Rawl said in a statement today. "No one yet knows if they are true."

But Rawl said the allegations "should be taken very seriously," and said the truth about Greene's race should come out.

"If any of the allegations have merit," he said, "the people of South Carolina have a right to know that."

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Greene: 'We Need To Be Pro-South Carolina, Not Anti-Greene'

Justin Elliott | June 9, 2010, 6:01PM

SC-SEN Democratic Nominee Alvin Greene

Responding to the call by the South Carolina Democratic Party for him to step aside, newly-minted Dem Senate nominee Alvin Greene tells the AP: "The people have spoken. We need to be pro-South Carolina, not anti-Greene."

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South Carolina Dems Call On Greene To Drop Out Of Senate Race

Eric Kleefeld | June 9, 2010, 4:15PM

SC-SEN candidate Alvin Greene (D)

The South Carolina Democratic Party has now called upon its new nominee for Senate, Alvin Greene, to withdraw from the race the day after he won the state primary.

Democrats have quickly become somewhat embarrassed by Greene's upset win in the primary, due to the revelation that he was arrested last November for allegedly showing obscene Web photos to a university student. His mysterious candidacy began when Greene, who is unemployed and lives with his parents, showed up with a personal check for over $10,000 to register as a candidate. (He was then told that a personal check was not a proper method of payment -- and quickly showed up a few hours later with a check from a campaign account.)

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Super Duper Tuesday's Top Three Super Surprises

Rachel Slajda | June 9, 2010, 11:54AM

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), US Sen candidate Alvin Greene (D-SC), Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC)

Last night's elections lacked any Dewey/Truman moments, but there were enough surprises to make it interesting.

Lincoln Defeats Halter
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) survived to fight the final round in the general election last night. But it wasn't supposed to be that way. For days -- in fact in the final hours of her runoff -- Arkansas insiders expected Lincoln to lose, while supporters of Bill Halter were pre-emptively dancing in the end zones. Lincoln's obituary was written. But both camps underestimated her ability to get out the vote, and she defeated Halter 52 to 48.

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No-Name, No-Campaign Candidate Takes Dem Nom In SC-Sen Race

Rachel Slajda | June 9, 2010, 9:50AM

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

Alvin Greene is an unemployed veteran who has never held political office. After filing for the Democratic primary in the Senate race from South Carolina, his campaign seemed to stop. There is no Alvin Greene web site, no Alvin Greene bumper stickers, no Alvin Greene yard signs. There's not even an Alvin Greene FEC filing.

Nonetheless, Greene won last night's Democratic primary, beating Vic Rawl, a judge who served in the South Carolina legislature for four terms. A judge who had gathered $186,000 for the campaign.

"I wasn't surprised, but not really. I mean, just a little, but not much," Greene told Mother Jones.

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