serviceyears branch allegiance birth_date residence alma_mater opponent imagesize incumbent image name occupation birth_place awards party election_date website religion nominee article_title birth_name
1996 -- 2009 united army states air force army national guard united states united states of america 30 august 1977 manning , south carolina university of south carolina jim -rrb- demint -lrb- r -rrb- tom clements -lrb- g 200px jim demint alvingreene1.jpg alvin greene soldier politician florence , south carolina * force good conduct medal * korea defense service medal * global national defense service medal war on terrorism service medal * air democratic november 2 , 2010 -lsb- http://web.archive.org/web/20101119051918/http://www.alvingreeneforussenator.com/ campaign website -rsb- baptist united states senator alvin greene
 alvin michael greene
alvin greene

alvin michael greene -lrb- born august 30 , 1977 -rrb- is a democrat from south carolina .
he was the democratic party 's nominee in the 2010 united states senate election in south carolina .
he was defeated by incumbent republican sen. jim demint by a margin of 61.46 % to 27.65 % , with most of the remaining votes going to green party candidate and environmental activist tom clements .
he was the first african-american to be nominated for u.s. senate by a major party in south carolina .
in the general election , greene faced demint , green party candidate tom clements and write-in candidates nathalie dupree and mazie ferguson .
greene won the democratic primary race against candidate vic rawl on june 8 , 2010 , with 59 % of the vote , despite very limited campaigning and campaign spending , and having no website and no yard signs .
the executive committee of the south carolina democratic party voted 55 to 10 to reject rawl 's request for a new senate primary after questions were raised about greene 's surprise victory .
greene graduated from the university of south carolina in 2000 with a degree in political science .
he is a united states military veteran who served in the u.s. army and u.s. air force before receiving an involuntary honorable discharge in 2009 .
at the time of his senate campaign , greene was unemployed and living with and caring for his father in manning .
on august 13 , 2010 , it was announced that he had been indicted on criminal charges of showing pornographic pictures to an 18-year-old female college student .
greene was reportedly considering a run for president of the united states in 2012 , but later declined .
on december 24 , 2010 , greene filed as a candidate in the democratic primary special election for the south carolina house of representatives seat left vacant by the death of representative cathy harvin .
the primary was held on february 15 , 2011 ; greene received 37 votes .
