The Republican Party swampers in Washington have come to the surface to oppose my candidacy for the U.S. Senate. They are swamp creatures who pretend to be conservatives but are instead liberal big spenders. We welcome the fact that they are showing themselves to be what they truly are. What they are is out of touch. They are old school liberals who waste our money, fund Planned Parenthood instead of the border wall, and hold back Trump’s “America First Agenda.” All of this i

Today, Don Blankenship thanked President Trump for his visit to West Virginia to highlight the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Blankenship supports this, and all of President Trump’s efforts, to improve our state and national economies and to put America first. Blankenship also agrees with President Trump that Senator Manchin too often sides with Washington liberals and votes against the best interests of working West Virginians. According to Blankenship, many in the

Tomorrow, April 5th, is the 8th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine tragedy, which took the lives of 29 coal miners. The miners who lost their lives were among Massey and the coal industry’s very best. Collectively they had perhaps 400 years of experience. They had proven day after day and year after year that they were professional miners. Some had worked at UBB throughout the mine’s entire seventeen years of existence. There is no way I can personally express the

Evan Jenkins, like most career politicians, has had to change his loyalties as West Virginia has turned Republican. But he did not likely do so because his beliefs changed, but rather because if he did not he could not win the 2014 Congressional race. The ad shows Nick Rahall talking during a debate with Jenkins in 2014 just after Evan had criticized Obamacare and Obama in the debate. Rahall then says he received support from Jenkins even after Jenkins knew of Rahall’s supp

Don Blankenship, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and former CEO of Massey Energy Company, issued the following statement regarding Joe Manchin and Evan Jenkins failing Huntington for decades. For 20 years, career politicians like Evan Jenkins and Joe Manchin have dropped the ball, and our proud city of Huntington is now the drug abuse capital of the nation. That's sad, but it can be fixed. Not with speeches and proclamations, but by arresting the illegals and out-of-s

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This ad delivers a very important message for West Virginians. Particularly those who want to keep their job or hope to find a job near home. The ad also reminds us all how long we have lived in poverty and in fear of being unable to support our families in West Virginia. Personally, I am reminded that even when I graduated from Marshall in 1972 I had to leave West Virginia to find a job. We have been the victim of career politicians putting themselves first and their voters

Senator Joe Manchin just doesn't get it. Manchin did what the Democratic Party and liberal Senator Chuck Schumer told him to do. He voted against lower income taxes for West Virginians and voted for the DC swamp! #JoeManchin #televisionad #HillaryClinton #BarackObama

The media, the politicians and in particular Senator Joe Manchin want the television and social media ads that are exposing the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) Upper Big Branch (UBB) cover-up to stop. Some in the media even say the UBB explosion is old news, and they say “no one cares about that anymore.” But that is wishful thinking on their part. Below is a timeline that will interest anyone who wants to learn the UBB truth. Also attached is one of the man

Williamson, W.Va. - Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy Company and candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following response to Senator Joe Manchin and Party Boss Belinda Biafore's comments reacting to his candidacy. Belinda Biatore, West Virginia Democratic Party Chairwoman and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin seem to have lost their minds when I announced my candidacy for U.S. Senate. Biatore said yesterday “It looks like Mitch McConnell recruited Don Blankenship to attack