America’s Other Golf-Loving Billionaire Candidate Talks Big Too
- Coal mogul Jim Justice is running for West Virginia governor
- A Democrat, he promises a coal rebound and a vibrant state
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As Jim Justice steers his sports-utility vehicle up a peak overlooking White Sulphur Springs, a resort town buried deep in West Virginia’s Appalachian mountain range, he scans the horizon for his latest business ventures.
Over on that summit, he gestures, he’ll build the state’s largest ski facility. On this mountain, he’s planning a golf course designed by his “buddies” –- Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. And a bit further away, he’s laying plans to ramp up production at his collection of coal mines.