GREENVILLE, S.C. - Businessman Hayne Hipp spent nearly $250,000 in his unsuccessful challenge to unseat Greenville County Council Vice Chairman Scott Case, according to the campaign's final disclosure report.

Hipp raised $126,500 in contributions and loaned his campaign $160,800 for the Republican primary, according to the report filed with the state Ethics Commission.

He repaid $64,500 of the loan and spent $222,800, according to the report. That would be about $88 for each of the 2,523 votes he received.

"It was a wonderful investment," said Hipp, chief executive of media company Liberty Corp.

Case said he will file his report by the July 10 deadline.

Case got 3,967 votes in the June 8 primary. Case said he spent about $40,000, or about $10 for each of his votes.

"I knew from the outset that I would be out spent and in this case, almost 10 to 1," Case said. "But it goes to show that voters are not easily fooled."

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