In early 2012, Keith Judd, a FCI Texarkana inmate serving a 17-year sentence for
extortion, filed papers to run for president in the
2012 general election, and attained ballot status in the
West Virginia Democratic primary. On May 8, 2012, Judd won 41% of the primary vote in West Virginia against incumbent
Barack Obama, a higher percentage of the vote in one state than any other primary opponent of Obama had hitherto achieved in 2012 (a figure later surpassed by
John Wolfe Jr.'s showing in the Arkansas primary).{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/05/08/meet_keith_judd_the_death_row_inmate_winning_delegates_against_barack_obama.html == Notable inmates (current and former) ==