Anti-abortion activist might keep Obama from unanimous re-nomination

Randall Terry, the controversial anti-abortion activist, won 18 percent of the vote in Oklahoma’s Democratic primary on Tuesday night, making him eligible for at least one of the state’s delegates.

President Obama had been the unanimous victor in every Democratic primary contest leading up to Tuesday.

Obama won Oklahoma with 57 percent, but Terry’s more than 20,000 votes was good enough to carry 12 counties in the deeply red state.

Obama secured 39 of the state’s 50 delegates on Tuesday, but Terry qualified for up to six. Another five remain uncommitted and will likely go to Obama.

Terry registered as a Democrat in a number of states, but in January the Democratic National Committee sent out a letter stating that he was not a “bona fide Democrat.”

“Mr. Terry has publicly conceded that he is not legitimately running as a true Democratic candidate, but only running to exploit the rules concerning candidate access to television airtime,” DNC executive director Patrick Gaspard wrote in the letter.

In the run-up to the Oklahoma primary, Terry ran graphic anti-abortion ads throughout the state.

The president has little chance of carrying Oklahoma in the fall. In 2008, he lost the state to GOP contender Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) 66 percent to 34.

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