There's controversy in South Carolina politics, again, and it centers on the winner of last week's Democratic Senate primary -- Alvin Greene, an unemployed military veteran. His primary opponent, Charleston County Councilman Vic Rawl, has filed an official protest over the results.

But for now, the general election race is between Greene and Republican incumbent Jim DeMint. And a new Rasmussen poll shows DeMint could sleepwalk to a victory. The Republican-leaning state is expected to re-elect DeMint no matter who his opponent is, and DSCC Chairman Robert Menendez said last week South Carolina is not a state the committee is focusing its efforts on.

DeMint leads Greene 58%-21%, with 13% undecided. The poll was conducted of 500 likely voters on June 10, with a margin of error of +/- 4.5%. RCP rates this race Safe Republican.

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