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Former coal exec Don Blankenship launches third-party presidential bid
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Former coal exec Don Blankenship launches third-party presidential bid

Former coal executive Don Blankenship on Monday announced he will make a 2020 White House bid as a Constitution Party candidate. 
Trump urges West Virginians to vote against coal baron
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Trump urges West Virginians to vote against coal baron

The president tweeted that Mr. Blankenship’s opponents have a better chance of beating the incumbent Democratic senator, Joe Manchin.
GOP karma in West Virginia
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GOP karma in West Virginia

If a man who spent a year in prison for violating mine safety standards wins the Republican Senate primary, it would be just what the party deserves.
Coal country divides over an unrepentant boss’s Senate bid
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Coal country divides over an unrepentant boss’s Senate bid

In West Virginia, the name of Don Blankenship, former head of Massey Energy, can evoke hopes for bygone prosperity or the anguish of a deadly disaster.
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