10 Facts About That Imprisoned Candidate

Keith Judd is a big fan of Nixon

By Dustin Lushing

Posted May 9, 2012 6:33 PM CDT

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10 Facts About That Imprisoned Candidate — Democratic candidate Keith Judd. (AP Photo/ The Beaumont Enterprise courtesy of Keith R. Judd)

The imprisoned felon who challenged President Obama for the Democratic nomination in West Virginia's primary and won an impressive 40% of the vote remains the bizarre political story of the day. Politico rounds up 10 facts about the locked-up candidate, Keith Judd, including:

Some may know him by his other name: prisoner number 11593-051
He finished third in the Idaho Democratic primary in 2008 with 734 votes, or 1.7%
His favorite president is Richard Nixon: "He got us out of Vietnam, and began world peace with China and the Soviets"
The self-described Rastafarian-Christian has been serving time for extortion in Texas and is due for release next year

Read the other facts here.

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