West Virginia Attorney General (AG) Patrick Morrisey charged in a statement on Tuesday that “voters won’t be distracted by” coal businessman Don Blankenship’s efforts to run for U.S. Senate as a third-party candidate.
Coal businessman Don Blankenship announced Monday he will run for the West Virginia U.S. Senate seat as a third-party candidate, despite the state’s “sore loser” law.
President Donald Trump, West Virginia State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, and the populist conservative movement were the big winners in Tuesday’s West Virginia Republican U.S. Senate primary.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey defeated Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and coal businessman Don Blankenship to become the state’s Senate GOP nominee.
Coal businessman Don Blankenship threatened to run against President Donald Trump if, he said, “Trump gets in my way,” according to an article in the New Yorker published on Sunday.
Coal baron Don Blankenship is surging in West Virginia’s GOP senatorial primary on the eve of the May 8 election, with an anti-Mitch McConnell message that’s resonating with voters.
Evan Jenkins falsely claimed on Monday that President Donald Trump endorsed him for the West Virginia Senate Republican primary.
WV AG Patrick Morrisey argued that coal businessman Don Blankenship should drop out of the state’s GOP primary race.
President Donald Trump spoke out against Republican Senate primary candidate Don Blankenship in West Virginia, urging Republicans to vote for either of the two other Republican candidates.
Patrick Morrisey gained significant momentum as Sen. Cruz and Sebastian Gorka endorsed Morrisey for U.S. Senate.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has endorsed West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in the May 8 Republican primary for the Party’s nomination to challenge Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) in the November general election.
