Dorne Harold Smith, April 15, 1955 (Dexter, Me.) - January 9, 2014 (Newport, Me.)
VP candidate for Independent (aka Independent Democrat) (2012)
Running-mate with nominee: Keith Russell Judd (b. 1958)
Popular vote: 0 (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Keith Russell Judd, a prison inmate in Texas who had been trying to move from the Big House to the White House since 1996, made yet another Presidential run for 2012. He filed as a Democrat with the FEC in Oct. 2012 and quickly amended it to "Democrat and/or Independent."
Judd made national news in 2012 when he placed second in the West Virginia Democratic primary with 41% to Obama's 59%, actually placing first in 10 counties.
It was never spelled out exactly how Judd and his running-mate Dorne Smith of Newport, Me. knew each other, although Smith appeared to have had more than one brush with the law.
The Judd/Smith ticket were registered write-in candidates in Idaho and Kentucky for the general election, and received a reported total of zero votes. In the event of their victory Smith would have died in office.
Election history: none
Other occupations: US Air Force (Vietnam War), wine and beer making supply business, textile worker, staffing service
Buried: Riverside Cemetery (Newport, Me.)
Notes:
Member of Barrows-Skidgel Post American Legion.
