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Convicted coal CEO runs for US senate

FORMER Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who was sent to prison in 2016 for his role in the deadliest US coal mine disaster in decades, is out of jail and running for election as a Republican senator.

David Upton
Don Blankenship is making a run for the US Senate.

Don Blankenship is making a run for the US Senate.

West Virginia’s Star Tribune reported Blankenship kicked off his senate bid on Thursday evening, telling an audience he backed President Donald Trump.  Blankenship was released last year after serving...

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