Don Blankenship
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On December 3, 2015, Blankenship was found guilty of one misdemeanor charge of conspiring to willfully violate mine safety and health standards in relation to the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion, and was sentenced to one year in prison.
He has frequently spoken out about politics, the environment, unions, and coal production. In 2018, Blankenship lost a three-way Republican primary for the U.S. Senate to Patrick Morrisey.
Citing false information and dirty politics for his loss and claiming a personal unwillingness to quit, Blankenship attempted to run as the Constitution Party nominee, but was unable to get on the ballot and later endorsed Morrisey. In January 2024, he declared his candidacy as a Democrat for the United States Senate seat held by retiring Senator Joe Manchin in the 2024 election. Blankenship had switched his party registration sometime in 2023. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Alessandro Ghirotto, Fausto Ferraccioli, Egidio Armadillo, Duncan A Young, Donald Blankenship, Martin J SiegertGet access
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5by Fausto Ferraccioli, Egidio Armadillo, Duncan Young, Jamin Greenbaum, Antonia Ruppel, Andreas Läufer, Donald Blankenship, Martin SiegertGet access
Published 2018
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6by Egidio Armadillo, Fausto Ferraccioli, Laura Crispini, Andreas Laeufer, Antonia Ruppel, Duncan Young, Donald Blankenship, Frank Lisker, Martin SiegertGet access
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7by Fausto Ferraccioli, Bruce Eglington, Egidio Armadillo, Alan Aitken, Jörg Ebbing, Carol Finn, John Goodge, Duncan Young, Wu Guochao, Donald Blankenship, Martin SiegertGet access
Published 2019
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