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There is growing concern among Republicans that Don Blankenship, a bombastic coal baron who has spent time in prison, is surging ahead of Tuesdays West Virginia Senate primary and a last-minute campaign is underway to stop him.
As the tight contest hurtles to a close, four Republicans said theyd reviewed polling conducted in recent days showing Blankenship, who spent a year in jail following the 2010 explosion at his Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 workers, moving narrowly ahead of his more mainstream GOP rivals, Rep. Evan Jenkins and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
The Republicans cautioned that the surveys, designed to offer a snapshot of the race, were conducted over a brief period of time and may be overstating Blankenships support.
Still, Blankenships rivals and other Republicans are alarmed. Many are convinced that a Blankenship win, coming just months after the disastrous Alabama Senate race, would destroy the partys prospects of defeating Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in November.
Some Republicans involved in the race said they were hoping the White House would intervene ahead of the Tuesday primary, though it remains unclear whether it will do so.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/05/05/blankenship-polls-west-virginia-senate-primary-570752
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)Fuck all of 'em!
Stinky The Clown
(67,761 posts)RandySF
(58,477 posts)That he wouldnt win.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)...the general election. We should know by now how wrong that assumption is.
Stinky The Clown
(67,761 posts)Manchin certainly loses to either of the other two.
Best chance is against Prison Don.
The other two are worse. Don has already made Senate Enemies.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Come on Repuke Nazis, the late night TV joke writers need a summer vacation.
RandySF
(58,477 posts)I remember eight years ago when 29 people lost their lives in his mine.
lamp_shade
(14,816 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I really don't get it.