Blankenship Plans to Run for Senate in West Virginia
- Former Massey Energy chief convicted for 2010 mine explosion
- Blankenship enters crowded GOP primary to run against Manchin
Blankenship exits the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston, West Virginia, on Dec. 3, 2015.
Photographer: Calvin Mattheis/Bloomberg
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Donald Blankenship, the former Massey Energy chief executive who went to prison in the wake of a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29, plans to run for the U.S. Senate from West Virginia.
Blankenship is filing election papers Tuesday to run as a Republican, Greg Thomas, a political consultant for him, said in a phone interview. Television station WCHS first reported news.