Hutto Wins Democratic Primary for the US Senate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ State Sen. Brad Hutto has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. Early returns showed the 56-year-old Hutto winning Tuesday’s primary with more than 75 percent of the vote over businessman Jay Stamper. The state Democratic Party’s executive committee voted unanimously last month to endorse Hutto, a repudiation of Stamper, who has felony convictions from 2008 for selling unregistered securities in Nevada. State leaders said the party wasn’t sure Stamper had Democrats’ best interests in mind after moving to South Carolina last year without a lot of explanation. Stamper has said his convictions were a paperwork mistake. Hutto will face the winner of Tuesday’s GOP Primary for the U.S. Senate, and Libertarian Victor Kocher in November.