The West Virginia primary

Primary elections were held yesterday in several states, among them, West Virginia.  The results in West Virginia’s democrat primary, however, were more than a bit unusual.

The only candidate to challenge President Obama was Keith Judd.  In spite of the fact that Mr. Judd is not exactly a household word, he was able to garner 41% of the statewide vote, winning 10 of the 55 counties in West Virginia.  When asked about this election, democrat Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia would not reveal who he had voted for.

So, who is Kieth Judd? 

Actually, he is an inmate in a federal prison in Texas who coughed up the $2500 needed to get his name on the ballot. 

Makes you wonder.

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The Sound Off Sister was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and special trial attorney for the Department of Justice, Criminal Division; a partner in the Florida law firm of Shutts & Bowen, and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami, School of Law. The Sound Off Sister offers frequent commentary concerning legislation making its way through Congress, including the health reform legislation passed in early 2010.

10 Comments

  1. phil on May 9, 2012 at 8:20 am

    At least we know Judd’s pedigree.



    • gillie28 on May 9, 2012 at 8:39 am

      And a very unattractive one (pedigree)?it looks like!? Um, pardon my ignorance, but I thought felons either couldn’t vote or couldn’t run for President or both :O



    • Plainvillian on May 9, 2012 at 9:24 am

      gillie, there are felons and then there are convicted felons…..



  2. Dimsdale on May 9, 2012 at 10:14 am

    With that resume, he will go far in the Democrat Party!



  3. JBS on May 9, 2012 at 11:32 am

    What is the difference between a felon and a politician?
    So far, one of them has been caught. The other just hasn’t been caught, yet . . .
    There is hope!



  4. Tim-in-Alabama on May 9, 2012 at 12:13 pm

    What a humiliating event for Barry Obama, a sitting president losing 41 percent of his party’s primary vote to a temporarily sidelined Democrat.



  5. johnboy111 on May 9, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    there is hope that things will change??



  6. ricbee on May 9, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    Very interesting,there is some hope for Romney then.



    • Dimsdale on May 11, 2012 at 10:36 am

      When even Dems vote ABO, you know they have issues.



    • Lynn on May 15, 2012 at 7:00 am

      We can only Hope!



Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks about race during an address in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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