While not unheard of, it is yet another sign of unhappiness with establishment candidates like Jaime Herrera that a young man (32) in South Carolina; a recently discharged, unemployed veteran named Alvin Greene became the democrat nominee for the US Senate from South Carolina.
Greene's secret? Don't campaign.
Don't do ads. Don't put up a web site. Don't do speeches. In fact, just pay the filing fee and then go home.
That way, you get 59% of the vote... like Greene did.
Alvin Greene UPSET: Mystery Man Stuns In South Carolina Senate Primary
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An unemployed military veteran who raised no funds and put up no campaign website shocked South Carolina's Democratic Party leadership by capturing the nomination Tuesday to face Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint in November.
With nearly all precincts reporting, Alvin Greene, 32, commanded 59 percent of the vote against 41 percent for former four-term state lawmaker Vic Rawl, 64, who had raised about $186,000 and had to abruptly scrap a late-week fundraiser for the fall.
State Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler said voters unfamiliar with either candidate may have voted alphabetically for Greene over Rawl.
"As far as I know, he never showed up at anything. Vic Rawl has been campaigning everywhere from the time he filed," she said.
Rawl said he was disappointed.
There can be no doubt that Herrera is the establishment candidate in the WA03. And we all know what happened to them last night.
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SEANNA ADCOX 06/ 8/10 11:12 PM