Reuters: Politics: Obama wins, but Texas felon steals spotlight in West Virginia primary

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Obama wins, but Texas felon steals spotlight in West Virginia primary May 9th 2012, 20:06 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Obama ramps up campaign, knocks Romney's CEO past Sat, May 5 2012 Analysis & Opinion What happened to 'Yes we can'? The Virginia tunnel gold mine Related Topics Politics » Barack Obama » Election 2012 » U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House upon his return to Washington May 8, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas NEW YORK | Wed May 9, 2012 4:06pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - How popular is President Barack Obama in West Virginia? Just slightly more so than federal Inmate No. 11593-051, who received nearly 43 percent of the vote in West Virginia's Democratic primary on Tuesday. While the president was the undisputed victor - he took over 57 percent of the vote - Obama's victory was colored by the fact that his opponent, Keith Judd, got 57,081 votes even though he is serving a prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas. Judd, who is 53, is not due to be released until June 24, 2013 -- a full five months after the next presidential inauguration, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. To be eligible to run, Judd had to file a Certificate of Announcement with the state by January of this year and pay a $2,500 filing fee, a spokesman at the state's Elections Division said. (Reporting By Edith Honan; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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