FLORENCE, S.C. - State. Sen. Maggie Glover must face challenger Kent Williams in a runoff after a second Democratic primary election was held Tuesday for the District 30 senate seat.

Glover and Williams were the top two vote-getters in a three-way race held after allegations of voter fraud prompted the state Democratic party to ask for a new election. They will meet in a runoff on Oct. 12.

Glover received 35.8 percent of the vote while Williams, a deputy administrator for Marion County, had 34.6 percent. Tim Norwood received 29.6 percent.

"It's pretty much the exact same results as the June 8 primary," Glover told the (Florence) Morning News. "I'm happy to have finished first and will be working as hard as I can in the next two weeks before the runoff."

Williams said the results show the district is ready for new leadership.

"It's very humbling that people believed in Kent Williams, believed he was the man for the job and stuck by him," he said.

Gov. Mark Sanford ordered a new primary election after the state party threw out results of the June 8 primary.

The original count showed Norwood and Glover in a runoff, but a re-count later that week put Williams in the runoff with seven more votes than Norwood. Norwood then appealed the results and brought allegations of voting fraud to the state party.

The party ordered a new primary with Glover, Williams and Norwood on the ballot.

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Information from: Morning News, http://www.morningnewsonline.com/