Crystal Ball Outlook: Safe R
Democratic candidates: Alvin Greene, unemployed Army/USAF veteran
Republican candidates: Jim DeMint, incumbent senator
Recent updates from the Crystal Ball
Update: June 17, 2010
It doesn’t matter whom the Democrats have on their ballot line. Sen. Jim DeMint (R) will win easily. But the saga of Democratic primary winner Alvin Greene has brought more embarrassment to the Palmetto State. Greene’s $10,400 filing fee is the key. Who paid it? And why is South Carolina now the home of the nation’s dirtiest politics?
Update: February 26, 2009
Jim DeMint (R-SC): Here is another certain reelection for a conservative GOP Southerner. Freshman DeMint has become a hero on the right for his tax and spending policies, and he is just as conservative on social issues. Democrats do not have an obvious challenger with heft. REPUBLICAN HOLD.