Mystery Dem Candidate Faces Obscenity Charges

The winner of the South Carolina Democratic Senate primary is being asked to withdraw his candidacy after it was revealed that he has a criminal background and faces obscenity charges.

The AP reports:

A day after an unemployed veteran shocked South Carolina's Democratic establishment by winning the U.S. Senate primary, party officials were still scratching their heads: What happened?

Alvin Greene, 32, didn't raise any money. He didn't have a website. And his opponent was a relatively better-known former legislator, Vic Rawl, who had already planned fundraisers for the fall general election.

Greene was considered such a long shot that his opponent and media didn't even bother to check his background. If they had, they would have discovered he faces a felony obscenity charge after an alleged encounter with a college student last fall.

After The Associated Press reported Greene's charge Wednesday, the leader of the state Democratic party said she asked Greene to withdraw from the race.

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