APNewsBreak: Losing SC Senate candidate protesting Jun 14 12:22 PM US/Eastern By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The former state lawmaker who lost South Carolina's Democratic U.S. Senate primary to an unknown, unemployed military veteran is protesting the result. South Carolina Democratic Party Executive Director Jay Parmley says Vic Rawl filed a protest with the party just before a noon deadline Monday.
Greene stunned state party leaders June 8 when he defeated Rawl. Neither candidate had done much campaigning, but Greene had raised no money and had no ads or website.
Rawl says experts who have analyzed the results have noticed irregularities in the vote totals.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says he thinks someone put Greene up as a shell candidate to embarrass the Democratic Party. But Greene insists he saved for two years to pay the $10,000 filing fee.
