he was actually running against someone named keith judd of texarka texarkana, texas.y texarkana, texas, that actually means the federal correctional institution in texarkana, texas. because keith judd was a federal prisoner, a convicted felon who was serving a sentence of 210 months for extortion. from behind bars he described himself as, quote, a candidate with conviction. even though he's just a classic political, keith judd somehow got his name on the ballot in west virginia in 2012. when he did, he did great. he got 41% of the vote. he didn't win the primary, but he did better in west virginia in 2012 as a convict than barack obama did in 2008 as a united states senator. keith judd, the candidate who was sitting in prison actually won ten whole counties in that democratic primary. ten whole counties against the president of the united states. he did well enough that he bothered trying to contest the results. or maybe that was just a way of passing time because he was bored. in any case, come november in the general election, president obama lost west virginia to m