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Alvin Michael Greene (born August 30, 1977) is an American political candidate from the state of South Carolina. He was the Democratic Party's
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in the
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, and was defeated by incumbent Republican Sen.
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, 61.48% to 27.65%. Greene is the first
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to be nominated for U.S. Senate by a major party in South Carolina. Greene is notable for the suspicions among members of his own party regarding the legitimacy of his 2010 primary victory, for his "strange, well-documented behavior on the campaign trail," for the intense media attention he received, and for pursuing his 2010 Senate bid despite having been indicted. He also ran for the state legislature in a February 2011 special election, receiving 37 votes.


Early life and military service

Greene was born in
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. His father, James Greene Sr., is a retired teacher from the Clemson Extension program, a barber, and a
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owner "who wanted blacks to play a bigger role in politics and entertainment.". Greene received a
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in
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from the
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in 2000. Greene served as a
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in the
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from February 2007 to August 2009. He also previously served in the South Carolina
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from 1995 to 2002, on active duty with the
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as an intelligence specialist from July 2002 to September 2005 and with the
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for seven months prior to joining the Army. During Greene's time in the Air Force, he received numerous poor evaluations from his superiors. The evaluations stated that Greene was an ineffective leader who was disorganized, made costly errors, and could not clearly express his thoughts. Greene received an honorable but involuntary discharge from the Army in 2009 after a 13-year career. For his military service, Greene received the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, the
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, the
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, the
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, the Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, the
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and the Air Force Training Ribbon.


Political campaigns


U.S. Senate campaign, 2010


Democratic primary

Greene said that he originally got the idea to run for office in 2008 when he was stationed in
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. On June 8, 2010, he won the South Carolina Democratic primary for
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, receiving 100,362 (59%) votes out of 170,215 votes cast; 69,853 (41%) went to Vic Rawl. Greene's victory over Rawl, a Charleston County councilmember and former state legislator, was described as an upset. 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. ''Wolfe Reports.'' May 21, 2010. in
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.Hutchins, Corey
A Phantom Candidate for U.S. Senate?
''Free Times.'' Issue #23.20 :: May 19, 2010 – May 25, 2010
Greene won the primary despite very limited campaigning and campaign spending and despite having no website and no yard signs. Voter turnout in most counties was in the range of 20–30%.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.


Questions about candidacy

After Greene was declared the winner and Rawl congratulated him on his win, Democratic officials began to voice opposition and to raise questions about Greene and his campaign. He did not attend the state Democratic party convention, did not file legally required forms with the
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or
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, and attempted to pay his $10,440 filing fee with a personal check, rather than a check from a campaign account. Though his primary victory baffled many, some explanations have been offered. South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford claimed that the surname "Greene" is common among African-Americans, and suggested that fact may have caused African-American voters to identify with him.Robert Behre and David Slade
Update: Clyburn calls for probe in Senate race
''The Post and Courier'', June 10, 2010.
Some, including House Majority Whip
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, speculated that Greene was a Republican
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and called for an investigation into the primary. Officials noted that similar tactics had been used in the past, including in a 1990 primary in South Carolina. Greene denied the assertion that he was a Republican plant. Vic Rawl's campaign issued a press release that election forensics analyst Dr. Walter Mebane had "performed second-digit Benford's law tests on the precinct returns from the Senate race" and found improbable vote patterns. Dr. Michael Miller reportedly found a significant difference in the vote percentages in absentee voters and Election Day voters, indicating a corrupted count. Some commentators raised questions about the source of Greene's funding for the $10,440 filing fee. Federal and state law requires a candidate to pay a filing fee out of his own pocket. Greene claimed that he paid the filing fee by saving two years of his service pay.Top Dem wants mystery candidate investigated
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, June 10, 2010.
However, Greene qualified to be represented by a
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in his obscenity case. Former state Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian told
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that this revelation raised doubts about whether Greene could have afforded the filing fee. In response to an official protest filed by Rawl, 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.
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) , ''
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''. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
Washington, Wayne (June 18, 2010)
"Democrats uphold Greene’s nomination for Senate"
, The State.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
finding insufficient evidence of impropriety to disturb the primary election result. On June 27, 2010, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the 5th Circuit Solicitor's office announced that they were investigating Greene's finances. On the same day, it emerged that Greene's public defender had been replaced by a private attorney. On July 9, 2010, Greene was cleared of wrongdoing after a state criminal probe determined Greene had indeed paid the filing fee from his own personal funds. 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.


Media coverage

Greene has been called an enigmatic figure in American politics. He is known for his "strange, well-documented behavior on the campaign trail". In a June 2010 interview, CNN's
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asked Greene about his mental state and cognitive ability. Much attention was devoted to Greene's manner of speaking due to his habits of frequently interrupting himself, halting in mid-sentence, and saying "OK" between statements. At times, his jokes were not well understood by the media, such as when he told
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'' that one way to create jobs was to employ people to make toys in his likeness.Coming soon: Alvin Greene, the movie
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, Michael Calderone. July 29, 2010
A study by the
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released in late July 2010 found that Greene's campaign had received the most media attention of all of the 2010 political campaigns. In late July 2010, a
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entitled "Alvin Greene is on the scene" became a hit on
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and other internet sites, garnering thousands of views an hour. It promoted Greene's candidacy and intermixed media clips of him with clips of
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.
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was used to manipulate some of the lyrics. Greene has since denied that he played any role in the production of the video. In August 2010, a reporter visited Greene's home and asked about his recent indictment. In response, Greene "ordered the reporter to 'leave isproperty' and 'go away'". When the reporter "'stopped briefly to talk with Greene's brother Jimmy, Alvin Greene began howling and wailing the words, "no" and "go"'".


General election

Greene was the first
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to be nominated for the U.S. Senate by a major party in South Carolina.Franke-Ruta, Garance
Clyburn: Alvin Greene is 'someone's plant' in South Carolina
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'' blog, June 6, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
The day after the primary election, the media reported that Greene was facing
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charges stemming from a November 2009 arrest for allegedly showing a pornographic picture on an Internet site to an 18-year-old female
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student in a
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and allegedly saying, "Let's go to your room".Khimm, Suzy
Mother Vows Revenge on Alvin Greene for Showing Porn to Her Daughter.
'' Mother Jones.'' June 10, 2010.
Kinnard, Meg
Mystery S.C. Dem has pending felony charge
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.'' June 9, 2010.
Greene refused to bow out of the race, asserting that "the Democratic Party has chosen their nominee, and we have to stand behind their choice. The people have spoken. We need to be pro-South Carolina, not anti-Greene". Greene hired South Carolina attorney Suzanne Coe as his campaign manager. Coe said she offered to assist Greene after being struck by his honesty and selfless motivation. The progressive watchdog organization
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named Greene to their list of the 11 most crooked candidates vying for federal office in 2010. Greene took exception to this designation, saying that "I think my opponent should be on this list. He's not doing his job and he doesn't care about South Carolina or the United States of America." In the general election, Greene faced DeMint,
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candidate
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, and write-in candidates Nathalie Dupree and Mazie Ferguson. On November 2, 2010, Greene lost to DeMint by a margin of 61.48% to 27.65%, with Clements receiving 9.21% of the vote.


South Carolina House of Representatives campaign, 2011

On December 24, 2010, Greene filed as a candidate in the Democratic primary special election for the
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seat left vacant by the death of Representative Cathy Harvin. The primary was held on February 15, 2011; Greene received 37 votes.


Potential presidential campaign, 2012

After he lost the 2010 Senate election, Greene reportedly asked the South Carolina Democratic Party how much the filing fee would be to run for
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. The next day, he confirmed to the ''Columbia Free Times'' that he was "seriously considering" a presidential campaign, although he was not sure which party's nomination he would seek.


Political positions


Economy

During his 2010 Senate campaign, Greene's campaign slogan was: "Let's get South Carolina back to work." Greene favored measures to lower the price of gas and supported
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.


Government reform

Greene cited the example of mismanagement at
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as proof that greater accountability in government is needed. He criticized corporate influence on politics, saying that "Half the members of the US Senate work for BP. The other half work for
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."


Health care

In an editorial published in ''
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'' as "The Alvin Greene manifesto for a fairer America", Greene explained his political views in more detail and attacked the political establishment. Greene advocated free
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, saying that the United States should model its system on Austria,
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, or
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.


Judicial reform

Greene supported the idea that the severity of penalty for a misdeed or wrongdoing should be reasonable and proportionate to the severity of the infraction. "Fairness saves us money," he said in an interview. "There are innocent people incarcerated. We spend more than two times of our taxpayer dollars on inmates than on students."


Criminal proceedings


2010 obscenity charges

In June 2010, the media reported that Greene was facing
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charges stemming from an incident that had occurred the previous fall at the
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. The incident occurred in a basement computer lab on the University of South Carolina campus. According to student Camille McCoy, a man (later identified as Greene) told her to look at his computer screen; pornographic images were displayed on it. McCoy told him that this was "offensive and not funny". Greene then allegedly asked if he could come to her room. McCoy has stated that the situation "was kind of scary. He's a pretty big boy. He could've overpowered me." McCoy then went to her room and told her resident mentor what had happened. Greene was later arrested. Greene has asserted that he was joking when he spoke to McCoy, and that he believed she owed him an apology for pressing charges.A man way, way outside Beltway
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, Robin Abcarian. July 29, 2010
In an affidavit, police said that they had surveillance video showing the interaction. On August 12, 2010, a Richland County grand jury indicted Greene for disseminating, procuring or promoting obscenity (a felony) as well as a misdemeanor charge of communicating obscene materials to a person without consent. On June 6, 2011, Greene accepted the Richland County prosecutor's offer to enter a pretrial diversion program which would expunge his record of both charges after he completed a year-long course of counseling and community service.


2013 arrest

On August 9, 2013, Greene was arrested on a trespassing charge at an apartment complex in
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. A report says Greene was walking around at night, was disoriented, and asked for paramedics. The paramedics checked on Greene, who was then taken into custody.


2018 midterm elections

Greene noted in a 2018 interview that he was supportive of President Donald Trump.


References


External links


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''The Big Picture'' on '' SCETV'', June 10, 2010 (video of interview)
ALVIN GREENE IS ON THE SCENE
music video at YouTube
Who is Alvin Greene?
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