Nobodies running against Obama

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One of the Google Alerts I have set up is for the term "state primary elections." At regular intervals, Google sends me a set of links - usually to news items - relating to my chosen query. To be expected, as of late this has led to a bunch of useless muck regarding the circus known as the Republican primary. However, digging through enough dirt occasionally yields an interesting nugget.

Corrente readers are already aware that Aldous C. Tyler is mounting a Democratic primary challenge against Barack Obama. It would seem that he is not the only one. Deposited in my email in-box this evening was an article published in the Oklahoman stating that five Democrats will be on the Oklahoma Presidential primary ballot. Unfortunately, the article only mentions the name of the fifth individual:

A Florida Democrat will be on Oklahoma's presidential primary ballot next year after it was discovered his filing information and check had been sent to the wrong location.

Darcy Richardson called state Election Board officials Thursday asking why he was not listed as being on the Democratic Party presidential primary ballot March 6, state Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said.

Since we can safely assume that Barack Obama is one of the remaining four candidates, that leaves us with two out of five total in Oklahoma (as it is unknown whether or not Tyler has successfully filed to be on the ballot in Oklahoma or any other state). So, here are the individuals whom I can confirm are running against Obama to be the Democratic nominee:

• Aldous C. Tyler
• Darcy Richardson (campaign website is "under construction")

If anyone has any information about other candidates vying for the position, by all means feel free to expand this list. I don't particularly want to debate viability, but I would like to satiate my curiosity.