A Tennessee lawyer challenging President Barack Obama’s reelection bid secured three delegates in the Louisiana primary—now he’s fighting the state party to get them.
"If they don’t play by the rules, I will be in court in Baton Rouge. I will be seeing them to take their depositions," said John Wolfe Jr., the only Democratic candidate running against Obama to yet win any delegates.
In March, Wolfe walked away with more than 15 percent of the vote in three of Louisiana’s seven congressional districts.
That’s enough to entitle him three delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. in September, according to party rules.
So far, party officials have declined to comment on whether they would release the delegates Wolfe is entitle to and haven’t been at all helpful with his inquires in securing them, he said.
Wolfe has given Louisiana Democrats until 5 p.m. Thursday to cough up the delegates or he will see them in court.