Castle was a much more substantial candiate than what they yielded this year. Not that i am against a "Joe Blow" but......
@roamer_1 @catfish1957 On May 2, 2020, the Constitution Party nominated Don Blankenship for president and William Mohr for vice-president. I have not heard of either one of them. I did a "search" on him and the Constitution Party is IMHO in complete disaster mode if this is the caliber of person that they are nominating to represent their party. This is obviously why they are doing so poorly with ballot access. Take a look at who he is:
Donald Leon Blankenship (born March 14, 1950) is an American business executive who was a candidate for the United States Senate in West Virginia in 2018. He was Chairman and CEO of the Massey Energy Company—the sixth-largest coal company (by 2008 production) in the United States—from 2000 until his retirement in 2010.
On December 3, 2015, Blankenship was found guilty of one misdemeanor charge of conspiring to willfully violate mine safety and health standards in relation to the Upper Big Branch Mine explosionHe has frequently spoken out about politics, the environment, unions, and coal production.
In 2018, Blankenship lost a three-way Republican primary for the U.S. Senate to Patrick Morrisey. Citing false information, dirty politics and a personal unwillingness to quit, Blankenship attempted to run as the Constitution Party nominee but was unable to get on the ballot and later endorsed Morrisey.Blankenship launched his campaign in the 2020 United States presidential election as a member of the Constitution Party on October 18/19, 2019 during a meeting of the Constitution Party national committee. According to the Constitution Party website, Don Blankenship has secured the nomination for President, along with running mate Bill Mohr.
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Blankenship said he was "Trumpier than Trump" but that the establishment was misinforming him because they did not want him "to be in the U.S. Senate and promote the president's agenda." The national Republican leadership and allied groups made statements and ran ads against Blankenship, and the day before the Republican primary, Trump posted a tweet urging voters to vote for either of Blankenship's major primary opponents, Evan Jenkins and Patrick Morrisey, because Blankenship would not be competitive in the general election. Trump's tweet came in the wake of reporting that internal Republican polling had shown a surge in Blankenship's support among likely primary voters. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom Blankenship harshly criticized in his campaign, reportedly urged Trump to express opposition to Blankenship.
During the Republican primary campaign, Blankenship received criticism for calling McConnell's wife a "China person....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blankenship