Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company
Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship pours over $3 million into West Virginia’s 2004 judicial election to elect Brent Benjamin to the state Supreme Court of Appeals, successfully defeating incumbent justice Warren McGraw. Blankenship’s spending—equivalent to “a dollar for every West …
Don Blankenship
Brent Benjamin
Hugh Caperton
Massey Energy Company
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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