John Wolfe Jr.

Campaign finances

Detailed below are the FEC-filed finances of his 2004 congressional campaign committee as of 12/31/2008^[8]

Platform

Wolfe supported a return to the Glass-Steagall Act to separate speculative activity from commercial banking. He favored the use of Anti-Trust Laws to reduce the size of "megabanks", and proposed a tax on financial derivatives. He also proposed an "Alternate Federal Reserve" which would loan to community banks, small business, and individuals, as opposed to the Federal Reserve Bank, which, Wolfe contended, serves primarily the interests of the six largest banks. Wolfe was also a critic of the Affordable Care Act, saying that it is oriented primarily toward helping the insurance and pharmaceutical companies. Instead, he supported Medicare for All.^[15]

Reception

Wolfe took part in the New Hampshire "lesser known candidates forum" in December 2011.^[16] He qualified for the ballot in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, in which he received 246 votes, 0.4% of the vote total. In addition to New Hampshire,^[1] he qualified for presidential primary ballots in the states of Missouri,^[17] Louisiana^[18] and Arkansas.^[19]

In the Louisiana primary, Wolfe polled 11.83%^[20] which qualified him to earn a minimum of three delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.^[18][21][22] Following the primary, officials of the Democratic Party of Louisiana announced that Wolfe was ineligible for the delegates he had apparently won because, according to the party officials, Wolfe had not properly complied with the party's qualification requirements.^[23][24] In response, Wolfe filed a lawsuit against the party, disputing the claim that he did not qualify to receive the delegates.^[23][24]

Following incumbent President Barack Obama's narrower-than-expected primary win in West Virginia, where convicted felon Keith Russell Judd finished a strong second as a protest vote, press began to speculate on the possibility of Wolfe, who lacks Judd's criminal record, possibly contending and even winning the state of Arkansas.^[25] A poll conducted by Hendrix College of Democrats in Arkansas's 4th congressional district showed Wolfe within seven points of Obama there.^[26] Wolfe finished second in that primary, garnering 41.6% of the vote.^[27] He filed a legal action to have delegates seated at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.^[28]

Wolfe contested the Texas Democratic primary, garnering 5.05 percent of the vote, winning one county (Borden County) and tying in another (Sherman County). No delegates were at stake in the contest.^[29]

Wolfe lost his court case one week before the convention, and as a result, neither he nor any other candidates other than Obama had their delegates seated.^[30][31]

After Wolfe lost the primary, his name appeared on the ballot in Idaho^[32] without his knowledge.^[33] Despite this, he did not attain any votes.

Below is a table of the results of primary competitions he competed in during the Democratic primaries.