May 9, 2018
Trump won the GOP primaries yesterday
By Thomas Lifson
OK, President Trump wasn't on the ballot yesterday anywhere, but the GOP primary contests in Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia produced the results most conducive to the GOP picking up Senate seats in those states.
The greatest amount of attention went to West Virginia, where former coal mine owner and ex-con (for "conspiring to violate mine safety laws" – a questionable conviction), was believed to be a sure loser to incumbent Senator Joe Manchin in the November election. The polls trumpeted a surge for Blankenship, and even Don Surber, my guru for all things West Virginia, expected Blankenship to win. Instead, he came in a distant third.
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