Ex-con who lost GOP primary launches third party campaign to punish GOP
Don Blankenship is back, and he plans to be Republicans’ worst nightmare.
By Matthew Chapman - May 21, 2018Don Blankenship is back, and he plans to be Republicans’ worst nightmare.
By Matthew Chapman - May 21, 2018Bruising Republican primaries are leading to extended feuds within state parties, as some losing candidates hint that they’re not ready to rally around the winner.
By Eric Boehlert - May 14, 2018Trump has a habit of reaching out to all the wrong people — while ignoring American heroes.
By Eric Boehlert - May 10, 2018Republicans are depending on Fox News to help weed out bad candidates this year.
By Eric Boehlert - May 10, 2018On the eve of the primary, West Virginia’s most bombastic candidate, U.S. Senate hopeful Don Blankenship, has turned on the man he is emulating.
By Matthew Chapman - May 07, 2018Trump has weighed in on the West Virginia Senate race, in the most awkward way imaginable.
By Matthew Chapman - May 07, 2018Don Blankenship can’t stop saying racist things.
By Matthew Chapman - May 04, 2018Convicted criminal and GOP Senate candidate Don Blankenship insisted that his blatantly racist slur against Asians was definitely not racist.
By Matthew Chapman - May 02, 2018Mitch McConnell and his allies are cracking down to try to stop a convicted criminal from winning the Senate nomination against a red-state Democrat. And it is getting ugly.
By Matthew Chapman - April 17, 2018Convicted criminal Don Blankenship spent a year in prison for violating mine safety rules. Now he could face criminal prosecution again for his disorganized campaign.
By Matthew Chapman - April 11, 2018Add West Virginia to the long list of races Republicans are suddenly nervous about.
By Eric Boehlert - March 20, 2018