'leave [his] property' 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 is the first African-American to be nominated for the U.S. Senate by a major party in South Carolina. The day after the primary election, the media reported that Greene was facing felony obscenity charges stemming from a November 2009 arrest for allegedly showing a pornographic picture on an Internet site to an 18-year-old female University of South Carolina student in a computer lab and allegedly saying, "Let's go to your room". 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 Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington 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, Green Party candidate Tom Clements, 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 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. 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 President of the United States. 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