Alvin Greene’s primary win Tuesday stunned South Carolina Democrats, who only found out after he had secured the nomination that he was charged with showing a college student obscene photos last fall.
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Thursday speculated that his state’s Democratic Senate nominee might be a “Republican plant.”
Alvin Greene’s primary win Tuesday stunned South Carolina Democrats, who only found out after he had secured the nomination that he was charged with showing a college student obscene photos last fall.
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By Andy Barr and Jessica Taylor Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Thursday speculated that his state’s Democratic Senate nominee might be a “Republican plant.” Alvin Greene’s primary win Tuesday stunned South Carolina Democrats, who found out only after he had secured the nomination that he was charged with showing a college student obscene photos last fall. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani backed South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster for governor Monday, giving the prosecutor a high-profile endorsement less than 24 hours before voting begins in the Republican primary.
Giuliani, who first gained national stature as a U.S. attorney and Justice Department official, praised McMaster as a model conservative lawyer. South Carolina state Rep. Nikki Haley holds a strong advantage in Tuesday's Republican gubernatorial primary, leading her nearest rival by 20 percentage points weeks after her campaign was rocked by allegations of marital infidelity.
Haley takes 43 percent of the vote to Rep. Gresham Barrett's 23 percent of the vote, according to Public Policy Polling. That's almost identical to the 21-point advantage Haley had before two Republican political operatives claimed, without evidence, that they had affairs with Haley. Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie endorsed Hawaii state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa in the Democratic primary for his old House seat Wednesday, cementing Hanabusa's status as the nominee-in-waiting after former Rep. Ed Case dropped his bid for the nomination last weekend.
Abercrombie, who resigned from Congress in February to focus on his run for governor, praised Hanabusa's work in the Legislature, saying in a statement that "she will be a great partner to [Rep.] Mazie Hirono, our entire Congressional delegation, and President Obama." Sarah Palin endorsed former governor Terry Branstad in the Iowa Republican gubernatorial primary Thursday, breaking with several conservative leaders who have backed the former governor’s primary opponent.
Branstad, who led the state from 1983 until 1999, has support from most of the state’s GOP establishment and a double-digit lead in primary polls over businessman and conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats. |
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