Ex-con candidate compounding GOP woes in West Virginia
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) " Republican Don Blankenship doesn't care if his party and his president don't think he can beat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall.This former coal mining executive, an ex-convict released from prison less than a year ago, is willing to risk his personal fortune and the Republican Party's golden opportunity in West Virginia for the chance to prove them all wrong."I'll get elected on my own merits," Blankenship said this week.There aren't a lot [...]
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