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Mitch McConnell gets the last laugh over Don Blankenship defeat

By Siraj Hashmi

Published May 9, 2018 4:13am ET

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Mitch McConnell gets the last laugh over Don Blankenship defeat — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., far left, with from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, meet with reporters following weekly policy luncheons to answer questions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. | (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

No, really, he did.

On Tuesday night, West Virginia Senate candidate Don Blankenship lost his primary race to become the Republican nominee to challenge incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in the November midterm elections. Manchin will now fight for his U.S. Senate seat against GOP nominee Patrick Morrisey, who’s the state’s current attorney general.

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