Attorney General Race Results
Attorney General GOP - Runoff
2,088 of 2,109 precincts - 99 percent
x-Alan Wilson, GOP 205,349 - 60 percent
Leighton Lord, GOP 137,971 - 40 percent
Wilson wins GOP runoff for SC attorney general
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The son of Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson has won the GOP nomination for South Carolina's attorney general.
Alan Wilson won Tuesday's Republican runoff over private practice attorney Leighton Lord.
Wilson faces Democrat Matthew Richardson in the general election.
The competition between Wilson and Lord grew increasingly nasty after the candidates each won about 40 percent in the Republican primary on June 8.
Wilson, a former prosecutor, took issue with Lord's lack of prosecutorial experience.
A third-party group aired television ads criticizing Wilson for failing the South Carolina bar exam and accusing him of riding his father's coattails.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Republicans choose nominee for SC attorney general
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Voters are deciding if a former prosecutor or an attorney with one of the state's largest law firms will be South Carolina's Republican nominee for attorney general.
Leighton Lord and Alan Wilson face off Tuesday. Wilson narrowly won the June 8 primary but did not get a majority to avoid the runoff.
The winner faces Democrat Matthew Richardson in November.
The contest has grown increasingly nasty. Wilson is a former prosecutor and son of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson. He has blasted Lord's lack of prosecutorial experience.
Meanwhile, a third-party group aired television ads criticizing Wilson for failing the state bar exam on his first try.
Incumbent Henry McMaster ran an unsuccessful campaign for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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