Blankenship files election challenge with W.Va. high court

摘要

Coal boss Don Blankenship filed a writ of mandamus with the West Virginia Supreme Court yesterday in a bid to make the Senate ballot this fall. Blankenship is trying to run as the Constitution Party nominee after losing the Republican primary (Greenwire. July 27). The state denied this request under its "sore loser" law, which prohibits candidates who lose a primary from running again with a separate party.