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Democrats beat back a challenge from Republicans and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship to retain all eight of their seats in the House of Delegates. All six Democratic incumbents in the sprawling 30th District will return to the Legislature,... Published: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Words: 713
a new goal for himself Friday, when the Massey Energy Co. chief announced plans to wrest control of at least one chamber of the state Legislature from the majority Democrats in November. In coordinated press appearances, Blankenship... Published: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Words: 725
target any legislator shown to have "voted against the people of West Virginia," said the Republican Party will win a majority in the House of Delegates in 2006. Blankenship made the prediction Saturday night during the Berkeley County... Published: Monday, February 20, 2006 Words: 256
said Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper, a Democrat who has watched the races closely. "If they couldn't take control, the Blankenship people had their eye on the speaker's gavel as their consolation prize," Carper said. "But it... Published: Thursday, November 09, 2006 Words: 795
didn't end with the usual photo-op with Gov. Joe Manchin, surrounded by smiling lawmakers, praising the work of the Legislature. House Democrats, in particular, were not in a celebratory mood. They were still fuming over a tirade Manchin... Published: Sunday, November 19, 2006 Words: 811
despite an unprecedented, multimillion-dollar statewide campaign by Massey Energy Co. head Don Blankenship to drive Democrats from the Legislature. With all 100 House of Delegates seats up, Blankenship wants to deliver a Republican... Published: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 Words: 418
a blistering, multimillion-dollar attack campaign by Massey CEO Don Blankenship basically unscathed. As one delegate noted, Blankenship had done the impossible: He had united the various factions of House Democrats, at least momentarily.... Published: Sunday, November 12, 2006 Words: 782
House of Delegates candidates, The Associated Press has reported. Carper said those running for the Democrat-controlled House, which Blankenship has vowed to make Republican-controlled, have been vastly outspent. "We have a citizen... Published: Monday, November 06, 2006 Words: 536
campaign, Massey Energy Co. President, Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship has vowed to drive several dozen Democrats from the Legislature. The 12th highest-paid executive of a publicly traded U.S. company, Blankenship has seized on a... Published: Monday, September 11, 2006 Words: 643
executive of West Virginia's largest coal company is using his personal fortune to try to give Republicans control of the state Legislature - something they haven't enjoyed in more than seven decades. To date, Massey Energy Co.'s chief... Published: Saturday, November 04, 2006 Words: 852
