Causes thehill.com 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.
Politics www.nytimes.com 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.
Politics www.nytimes.com 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.
Politics www.nytimes.com 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.
