2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina

none March 2026 December 2017 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential Yes 2004 United States Senate election in South Carolina 2004 2014 United States Senate special election in South Carolina 2014(special) November 2, 2010 150x150px File:Jim DeMint headshot.jpg Jim DeMint Republican Party (United States) 810,771 61.48% File:AlvinGreene1 (cropped 2).jpg Alvin Greene Democratic Party (United States) 364,598 27.65% 3x4.svg Tom Clements Green Party (United States) 121,472 9.21% 235px County results 235px Precinct results 1 230px DeMint: #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90% Greene: #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 >90% U.S. Senator Jim DeMint Republican Party (United States) Jim DeMinthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/02/jim-demint-defeats-alvin-greene-south-carolina_n_767436.html Jim DeMint Defeats Alvin Greene In South Carolina Senate Race Huffingtonpost.com November 2, 2010 January 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101107161926/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/02/jim-demint-defeats-alvin-greene-south-carolina_n_767436.html November 7, 2010 dead mdy-all Republican Party (United States) 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. 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.South Carolina State Election Commission. Official election results. Note: scroll down or page through the list to find the results for the Democratic Senate primary. US Senate Results (Dem). June 14, 2010. Greene's victory over Rawl, a Charleston County councilmember and former state legislator,https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Senate-candidate-Vic-Rawl-asks-for-primary-redo-3185138.php Senate candidate Vic Rawl asks for primary redo Meg Kinnard Associated Press June 15, 2010 SFGate was described as an upset.https://www.politico.com/story/2010/06/rawl-may-protest-unlikely-loss-to-greene-038479 Rawl may protest unlikely loss to Greene David Catanese POLITICOhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/greenes-primary-opponent-calls-for-investigation-of-election-results Greene's Primary Opponent Calls for Investigation of Election Results March 26, 2015 Fox News Candidates Alvin Greene, U.S. Army veteran Vic Rawl, Charleston County Council member and former state legislator Results thumb|Democratic primary results by county: #3933E5 Greene #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #2AACAC Rawl #51C2C2 50–60% Democratic primary resultshttps://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16117/28318/en/summary.html SC - Election Results www.enr-scvotes.org Alvin Greene Democratic Party (United States) 100,362 59.0% Vic Rawl Democratic Party (United States) 69,853 41.0% 170,215 100.0% Republican primary Candidates Jim DeMint, incumbent U.S. senator Susan McDonald Gaddy Results Republican primary results Jim DeMint (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 342,464 83.0% Susan McDonald Gaddy Republican Party (United States) 70,194 17.0% 412,658 100.0% General election Candidates Jim DeMint (Republican), incumbent U.S. senatorhttps://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html SC - Election Results www.enr-scvotes.org Alvin Greene (Democratic), U.S. Army veteran Tom Clements (Green), environmental activist and Southeast director, Friends of the EarthGreen, Libertarian, Working Families, Labor, Constitution, United Citizens, Independence https://web.archive.org/web/20100608190647/http://www.scvotes.org/files/2010%20Convention%20Party%20Candidates.pdf June 8, 2010 - List of candidates who have filed with these parties. Tom Clements was nominated May 1 during the South Carolina Green Party Convention in Columbia. Candidates were nominated by convention and did not appear on Republican or Democratic primary ballots. 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 fatherWolfe, Wes. http://www.wolfereports.com/tag/alvin-greene/Strange happenings in the Dem senatorial primary. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113225044/http://www.wolfereports.com/tag/alvin-greene/ January 13, 2021 Wolfe Reports. May 21, 2010. in Manning, South Carolina.Hutchins, Corey. A Phantom Candidate for U.S. Senate? Free Times. Issue #23.20 :: May 19, 2010 – May 25, 2010 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.David Catanese https://www.politico.com/story/2010/06/experts-review-sc-senate-ballots-038433 Experts review S.C. Senate ballots Politico.Com June 11, 2010 June 14, 2010 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."https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0611/The-curious-case-of-Alvin-Greene-surprise-Senate-candidate The curious case of Alvin Greene, surprise Senate candidate Christian Science Monitor June 11, 2010 CSMonitor.com June 14, 2010 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.Schaller Tom http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/06/sc-democratic-primary-getting-weirder.html Politics Done Right: SC Democratic Primary Getting Weirder By The Hour FiveThirtyEight June 14, 2010 June 14, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100614094954/http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/06/sc-democratic-primary-getting-weirder.html dead 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.Kinnard, Meg (June 17, 2010) "SC Dems hearing protest over US Senate primary", The Associated Press. Retrieved June 17, 2010.O'Donnell, Kelly (June 16, 2010) "SC Dems to hold hearing on Greene tomorrow", MSNBC.com. Retrieved June 17, 2010. Greene neither attended nor sent a representative to the hearing. The executive committee of the South Carolina Democratic Party voted 55 to 10 to reject Rawl's request for a new Senate primary,Capehart, Jonathan (June 18, 2010) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/06/green_light_for_alvin_greenes.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121004165459/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/06/green_light_for_alvin_greenes.html dead October 4, 2012 Green light for Alvin Greene's senate run The Washington Post, The Washington Post. Retrieved June 18, 2010.Washington, Wayne (June 18, 2010) "Democrats uphold Greene’s nomination for Senate" https://web.archive.org/web/20100619071858/http://www.thestate.com/2010/06/17/1337480/will-democrats-overturn-us-senate.html June 19, 2010 , The State.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010. finding insufficient evidence of impropriety to disturb the primary election result.Kinnard, Meg. "SC Dems uphold US Senate primary shocker"June 2024 medicmedic, The Associated Press. Retrieved June 17, 2010.Toeplitz, Shira (June 18, 2010) "S.C. Dems reject Rawl appeal", Politico. Retrieved June 18, 2010. 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.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alvin-greene-howls-after_n_683691 Alvin Greene Howls After Obscenity Indictment Raised In Interview (VIDEO) Elyse Siegel August 16, 2010 HuffPost 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.SC Black News Staff Writer http://scblacknews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768:unions-endorse-us-senate-green-party-candidate-tom-clements&catid=1 Unions Endorse US Senate Green Party Candidate Tom Clements SCBlacknews.com July 15, 2010 July 18, 2010 June 18, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110618133254/http://www.scblacknews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768:unions-endorse-us-senate-green-party-candidate-tom-clements&catid=1 dead The Clements campaign received regional media coverage.And in the Third Corner...An interview with Tom Clements, Green Party Candidate for U.S. Senate https://web.archive.org/web/20101011202831/http://www.columbiacitypaper.com/2010/10/06/and-in-the-third-corner/ October 11, 2010 . By Darien Cavanaugh. Columbia City Paper. October 6, 2010. 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.Winthrop Poll Shows Haley Ahead and Other Opinions by S.C. Voters https://web.archive.org/web/20120307112830/http://www.winthrop.edu/news-events/article.aspx?id=13440 March 7, 2012 Winthrop Poll, October 13, 2010Winthrop Poll Shows Haley Ahead and Other Opinions by S.C. Voters Winthrop Poll Questions and Answers. Page 2. October 13, 2010 An October 13 article in the Columbia Free Times noted that prominent Democrats were privately donating money to the Clements campaign.http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064017974&ShowArticle_ID=12241210102712618 Democrats Step Out for Clements — Quietly October 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101030064537/http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064017974&ShowArticle_ID=12241210102712618 October 30, 2010 Corey Hutchins Columbia Free Times 23 41 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.2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for South CarolinaApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes All Senate Candidates -- SC Write-in candidates also joined the race, including the Reverend Mazie Ferguson,James Gilbert http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=93641 Write-In Candidate to Challenge DeMint, Greene, Clements WTLX.com August 9, 2010 August 27, 2010 Mauldin High School teacher Greg Snoad,http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/06/new-senate-candidate-in-south-carolina-race New Candidate in South Carolina Race? CNN.com September 6, 2010 September 6, 2010 September 7, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907185935/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/06/new-senate-candidate-in-south-carolina-race/ dead WYFF4.com http://www.wyff4.com/politics/24901083/detail.html Gray Court Man Jumps Into Senate Race wyff4.com September 6, 2010Mauldin High School http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/mauldinh Welcome to Mauldin High School Michael C Neumann, and chef Nathalie Dupree.Seelye Katharine Q. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/chef-jumps-into-south-carolina-senate-race Nathalie Dupree to Jump Into South Carolina Senate Race - NYTimes.com Thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com September 30, 2010 January 24, 2011 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. The Associated Press https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38856796 https://web.archive.org/web/20100827193359/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38856796/ns/politics live August 27, 2010 Clyburn won't vote for Dem nominee in Senate race August 25, 2010 August 27, 2010 Greene has been described as an enigmatic figure in American politics.SEELYE KATHARINE Q. Enigmatic Jobless Man Prepares Senate Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/us/politics/11greene.html?ref=alvingreene&_r=0 The New York Times July 10, 2010Kinnard Meg Alvin Greene, Enigmatic South Carolina Senate Candidate, To Make First Public Speech http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/alvin-greene-south-caroli_n_643151.html Huffington Post 19 March 2013 July 12, 2010 He is known for his "strange, well-documented behavior on the campaign trail".https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/07/alvin-greene-documentarians-have-their-work-cut-out-for-them Alvin Greene Documentarians Have Their Work Cut Out for Them Juli Weiner July 29, 2010 Vanity Fair 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.Davis Susan https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/07/26/alvin-greene-gets-most-media-attention/ Alvin Greene Gets Most Media Attention - Washington Wire - WSJ Blogs.wsj.com July 26, 2010 August 21, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100828092959/https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/07/26/alvin-greene-gets-most-media-attention/ August 28, 2010 live The Republican candidate, incumbent Senator Jim DeMint, largely campaigned outside South Carolina for Republican Senate candidates identified with the Tea Party.DeMint Transfers Campaign Money to State Republicans https://web.archive.org/web/20101019010113/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003752959 October 19, 2010 . By David M. Drucker, CQ-Roll Call. CQ POLITICS NEWS. October 18, 2010 – 1:20 p.m. Diverse media outlets frequently referred to DeMint as a party "kingmaker" for supporting successful primary challengers to mainstream Republican candidates.Jim DeMint: Call him the kingmaker. S.C.'s DeMint a star on the rise. By James Rosen. McClatchy Newspapers, Washington Bureau. Sunday, September 19, 2010.DeMint Vaults From Back Bench to Republican Kingmaker: While Sarah Palin gets most of the attention for having helped numerous unlikely candidates win Republican primaries this year, DeMint emerged as an even bigger force. By Lisa Lerer. Bloomberg News. SPECIAL REPORT September 16, 2010, 4:36PM EST.Jim DeMint: Conservative 'Kingmaker' or Inside-the-Beltway Interloper? https://web.archive.org/web/20100529212618/http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/25/jim-demint-conservative-kingmaker-or-inside-the-beltway-inter/ May 29, 2010 Matt Lewis, Columnist. Politics Daily. May 25, 2010. 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.Tenenbaum, DeMint exchange unpleasantries on social security, taxes, gay teachers https://web.archive.org/web/20101204040251/http://www.wistv.com/global/Story.asp?s=2380660 December 4, 2010 . WISTV. Associated Press. October 4, 2004.Meet The Press. Transcript for October 17, 2004. Guests: Ken Mehlman, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Manager, Bob Shrum, Kerry-Edwards '04 Campaign Chief Strategist, Rep. Jim DeMint, (R-S.C.), Republican Senate Candidate, Inez Tenenbaum, South Carolina State Superintendent of Education, Democratic Senate Candidate.Sen. Jim DeMint: Gays And Unmarried, Pregnant Women Should Not Teach Public School. Amanda Turkel. Huffington Post. October 2, 2010. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal reported: DeMint said if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn't be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend — she shouldn't be in the classroom. "(When I said those things,) no one came to my defense," he said. "But everyone would come to me and whisper that I shouldn't back down. They don't want government purging their rights and their freedom to religion."DeMint addresses conservative issues at Spartanburg church rally. By Lynne P. Shackleford. Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 3:15 a.m. The remarks attracted national media attention, largely critical.Jim DeMint Criticized Over Comments on Gay and Sexually Active Teachers. By Brian Montopoli. CBS News, Political Hotsheet. October 5, 2010 2:04 PM. DeMint defended the statements, saying that local school boards should decide the issue.DeMint defends 'no gay teachers'. UPI. Published: October 5, 2010 at 1:46 PM 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."Clements criticizes DeMint on gay teacher issue: Opponent for Senate blasts incumbent for stance on who is fit to teach. By Jason Spencer. Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 3:15 a.m. Endorsements Organization endorsements Tom Clements: Columbia Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO)http://www.scblacknews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768:unions-endorse-us-senate-green-party-candidate-tom-clements&catid=1 Unions Endorse US Senate Green Party Candidate Tom Clements Scblacknews.com July 15, 2010 January 24, 2011 Friends of the Earth Actionhttp://action.foe.org/t/4064/content.jsp?content_KEY=3339 FoE Action Action.foe.org January 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101206025614/http://action.foe.org/t/4064/content.jsp?content_KEY=3339 December 6, 2010 dead Sierra Clubhttp://www.sierraclub.org/politics/endorsements Endorsements - Politics Sierra Club January 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110116122913/http://www.sierraclub.org/politics/endorsements/ January 16, 2011 dead mdy-all South Carolina Latino Political Action Committee Jim DeMint Americans For Legal ImmigrationIllegal Immigration: Americans Fighting Back http://www.alipac.us/2010_campaign_endorsements.html ALIPAC - ALIPAC 2010 Endorsements for US Congress and Senate Alipac.us January 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101222220925/http://www.alipac.us/2010_campaign_endorsements.html December 22, 2010 dead mdy-all Citizens for a Sound Economy National Rifle Association Political Victory Fundhttp://www.nrapvf.org/news-alerts/2010/09/nra-pvf-endorses-jim-demint-for-us-senate-in-south-carolina.aspx National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund NRA-PVF Endorses Jim DeMint for U.S. Senate in South Carolina Nrapvf.org September 24, 2010 January 24, 2011 Newspaper endorsements Tom Clements: Rock Hill Heraldhttp://www.heraldonline.com/2010/10/30/2572265/clements-for-senate.html Rock Hill Herald: Tom Clements for US Senate: Green Party candidate Tom Clements offers a viable alternative in this race. October 30, 2010 Heraldonline.com January 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110106074348/http://www.heraldonline.com/2010/10/30/2572265/clements-for-senate.html January 6, 2011 dead mdy-all Jim DeMint: Florence Morning Newshttp://www2.scnow.com/news/2010/oct/24/opinion-spratt-clyburn-demint-deserve-reelection-ar-999242 OPINION: Spratt, Clyburn, DeMint deserve reelection SCNOW January 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101203171230/http://www2.scnow.com//news//2010//oct//24//opinion-spratt-clyburn-demint-deserve-reelection-ar-999242// December 3, 2010 dead mdy-all Charleston Post and Courierhttp://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/oct/29/re-elect-fiscal-hawk-demint https://web.archive.org/web/20120930061903/http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20101029/ARCHIVES/310299964 dead September 30, 2012 Re-elect fiscal hawk DeMint The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment Postandcourier.com October 29, 2010 January 24, 2011 Predictions Source Ranking As of Cook Political Reporthttp://cookpolitical.com/senate Senate Cook Political Report October 26, 2010 Solid R October 26, 2010 Rothenberghttp://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/ratings/senate Senate Ratings Rothenberg Political Report October 26, 2010 Safe R October 22, 2010 RealClearPoliticshttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/2010_elections_senate_map.html Battle for the Senate RealClearPolitics October 26, 2010 Safe R October 26, 2010 Sabato's Crystal Ballhttp://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/category/2010-senate 2010 Senate Ratings Sabato's Crystal Ball October 26, 2010 October 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101028092918/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/category/2010-senate/ dead Safe R October 21, 2010 CQ Politicshttp://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-senate Race Ratings Chart: Senate CQ Politics October 26, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101028234525/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-senate October 28, 2010 Safe R October 26, 2010 Polling Poll source Dates administered Jim DeMint (R) Alvin Greene (D) Tom Clements (G) Other UndecidedRasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports June 10, 2010 58% 21% –– 9% 13%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports August 3, 2010 62% 20% –– 7% 10%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports August 25, 2010 63% 19% –– 8% 10%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports September 22, 2010 64% 21% –– 10% 5%Crantford & AssociatesCrantford & Associates October 2, 2010 58% 21% –– 10% 5%Winthrop UniversityWinthrop University October 5–10, 2010 58% 11% 12%http://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/wupoll/ResultsOct2010WinthropPollOnline.pdf Catherine H January 24, 2011 3% 14%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports October 19, 2010 58% 21% –– 15% 6% Fundraising Candidate (party) Receipts Disbursements Cash on hand Debt Jim DeMint (R) $3,521,210 $2,915,717 $2,224,594 $0 Alvin Greene (D) $0 $0 $0 $0 Tom Clements (G) $45,131 $20,216 $24,915 $0 Source: Federal Election Commissionhttp://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/HSProcessCandList.do?category=stateS_all&stateName=SC&election_yr=2010 2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for South Carolina fec.gov October 18, 2010 July 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes . Next F.E.C. reports are due October 15, 2010. Results United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2010 Jim DeMint (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 810,771 61.48% +7.81% Alvin Greene Democratic Party (United States) 364,598 27.65% -16.46% Tom Clements Green Party (United States) 121,472 9.21% +8.95% Write-in 21,953 1.66% +1.58% 446,173 33.83% +24.33% 1,318,794 50.12% -18.88% Republican Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Calhoun (largest town: St. Matthews) Clarendon (largest city: Manning) Sumter (largest city: Sumter) Richland (largest city: Columbia) Chesterfield (largest city: Cheraw) Colleton (largest city: Walterboro) Darlington (largest city: Hartsville) Charleston (largest town: Charleston) Chester (largest town: Chester) McCormick (largest town: McCormick) Dillon (largest city: Dillon) References External links South Carolina State Election Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20141020110542/http://www.scvotes.org/2010/09/08/election_results October 20, 2014 U.S. Congress candidates for South Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20100930122934/http://www.votesmart.org/election_congress_state.php?state_id=SC September 30, 2010 at Project Vote Smart South Carolina U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions from Open Secrets https://archive.today/20130131233303/http://www.pollster.com/polls/sc/10-sc-sen-ge.php 2010 South Carolina Senate General Election: DeMint (R) vs Greene (D) el graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com Election 2010: South Carolina Senate from Rasmussen Reports https://archive.today/20130119193909/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=senate-2010-SC 2010 South Carolina Senate Race el from CQ Politics Race profile from The New York Times Official campaign websites (archived) Jim DeMint for U.S. Senate Alvin Greene for U.S. Senate South Carolina 2010 Category:2010 South Carolina elections