John Wolfe

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John Wolfe at the lesser known candidates forum 2012

John McConnell Wolfe, Jr. (born April 21, 1954 in Nashville ) is an American attorney and multiple nominee for political office. He challenged Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election primaries in several states.

Life

John Wolfe was born in Nashville on April 21, 1954 . He graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law with a law degree . He works as a lawyer and lives in Chattanooga , Tennessee .

politics

Elections to the House of Representatives

Wolfe ran unsuccessfully in 1998 for the nomination of the Democratic candidacy for the 3rd district in the elections to the House of Representatives of the United States . In 2002 he ran again for election for the 3rd district, this time as the official candidate of the Democrats. With 34 percent of the vote, he lost the election to Zach Wamp - against whom he ran again in 2004 and this time lost with 33% of the vote. On August 5, 2010, John Wolfe won the Democratic primary against three other applicants and ran again for election in the 3rd district. He was defeated in the election by Chuck Fleischmann with 28% to 57% of the vote.

2012 Presidential Campaign

Vermin Supreme glitterbombs Randall Terry, right John Wolfe

On October 27, 2011, John Wolfe announced that he would take part in the primaries for the presidential candidacy of the Democrats, but was considered completely hopeless. He advocates a health system similar to the European one and advocates the right to abortion . He also suggests taxing derivatives , to be borne equally by the buyer and the seller.

From the beginning of December 2011, Wolfe advertised his campaign in radio and newspapers. Among them was a newspaper ad offering Newt Gingrich $ 10,000 for a public debate on Israel, war, oil and peace in the Middle East. The ad began with: Newt Gingrich says the Palestinians are an "made up people." We think Newt is making up facts. Once again. On December 19, 2011, John Wolfe took part in the lesser known candidates forum at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College , where he was partially affected by Vermin Supreme's glitter bomb against Randall Terry due to his position next to Randall Terry .

Wolfe only competed in New Hampshire , Louisiana , Missouri , Arkansas , Kentucky , West Virginia and Texas . In New Hampshire he got only 245 votes (0.40%), which put him far behind in 16th place. Completely surprisingly, it got 17,804 votes (11.82%) in Louisiana, in some counties it got more than 20% of the vote. That secured him at least three delegates. After it was clear that Wolfe could sign at least three delegates, the defeated candidate Darcy Richardson demanded the removal of Wolfes from the ballot in Texas, due to the lack of the legally required disclosure of the election campaign costs, which with the oath on the constitution required by the president not would be compatible.

After the prestigious success in Louisiana, Wolfe received national attention before the primaries in the state of Arkansas for his criticism of Obama's policies. In Arkansas, Wolf then achieved 42% of the vote and won several counties - which theoretically would have obliged him 19 delegates. Wolfe was able to sign a total of 23 delegates. The result was commented worldwide as an embarrassment for Barack Obama. For formal reasons, e.g. a. since he had failed to name the delegates before the election, they were not recognized for the Democratic National Convention . A lawsuit against it was dismissed.

More choices

In 2001, Wolfe lost the Chattanooga mayoral election . The election was won by Bob Corker , John Wolf only received 2.8 percent of the vote.

In 2007 he lost a by-election for a seat in the Tennessee Senate with 33% of the vote . In doing so, he did not properly disclose his campaign funding, which resulted in a $ 10,000 fine by the Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance and the suspension of elections in Tennessee until the fine was paid, which had not happened until at least December 2011 would have.

In 2015, Wolfe entered his candidacy for the Democratic primary election for president in Arkansas. It only got a good 1% of the vote.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b John Wolfe Jr. challenging President Obama in Arkansas after strong Louisiana showing
  2. ^ A b Nathan Thornburgh: New Hampshire Snoozer? Wait Until You Meet the Also-Rans. January 10, 2012, accessed March 31, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b Bill Poovey: Town Hall: Election 2012 Results. John Wolfe. September 13, 2010, archived from the original on April 5, 2012 ; accessed on April 5, 2012 .
  4. ^ A b c d Carroll, Chris: Chattanooga man John Wolfe running for president in New Hampshire . In: Chattanooga Times Free Press . December 20, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Wolfe Says Wamp Should Abide By Term Limit, PAC Pledges . In: The Chattanoogan . July 14, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ John Huotari: ? CThe Oak Ridger - Wolfe: Conservative, Fleischmann 'Radical' In: Project Vote Smart. December 20th 2011, accessed 2 April 2012 (English).
  7. ^ Results Summary of Tennessee Races . MyFox Memphis. November 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved on March 28, 2012.
  8. ↑ Extremely Unofficial John Wolfe, Jr. for President 2012 Page
  9. ^ Dan Whisenhunt: Wolfe advocates Wall Street tax. In: Chattanooga Free Press. July 20, 2010, accessed April 5, 2012 .
  10. ↑ James Harrison: John Wolfe confirms presidential bid. Local resident is on primary ballot in New Hampshire. In: Nooga.com. December 14, 2012, accessed April 7, 2012 .
  11. ↑ Ríos, Simón: Lesser-known candidates bring colorful campaigns to St. Anselm . In: New Hampshire Union Leader . December 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 28, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unionleader.com
  12. ↑ Unsolicited Thornburgh
  13. ^ A b Democratic challenger to Barack Obama picks off delegates in Louisiana
  14. ^ The Green Papers: New Hampshire Democrat
  15. ^ The Green Papers: Louisiana Democrat
  16. ↑ Tilove, Jonathan: John Wolfe faces challenge to place on Texas ballot . In: The Times-Picayune . March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  17. ↑ abc News: Meet John Wolfe, Candidate Posing a Challenge to Obama in Arkansas ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / abcnews.go.com
  18. ^ The Green Papers: Arkansas Democrat
  19. ^ The Green Papers: Democratic Convention
  20. ↑ Obama is weak in the south
  21. ^ Democrat Party denies delegates to Obama challenger on affirmative action grounds
  22. ^ Judge dismisses Wolfe's lawsuit against Ark. Dems
  23. ^ Frank, Judy: Wolfe, Whittaker Take Campaigns To JFK Club . In: The Chattanoogan . September 11, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  24. ↑ Chris Carroll: Chattanooga man John Wolfe running for president in New Hampshire. In: Chattanooga Times Free Press. December 20, 2011, accessed April 2, 2012 .
  25. ^ Latest: Late congressman's son running for state House }
  26. ↑ PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY AND NONPARTISAN GENERAL ELECTIONOFFICIAL COUNTY RESULTS

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personal data
SURNAME Wolfe, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolfe, John McConnell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Nashville