WV AG Morrisey Wins Republican Nomination

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has won the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia.

Morrisey beat convicted ex-coal executive Don Blankenship, who conceded. He also took down congressman Evan Jenkins and three others.

Morrisey will now face incumbent Democrat Joe Manchin in November.

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