By JAKE ZUCKERMAN
Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two GOP primary candidates for U.S. Senate in West Virginia are reaching into their own pockets to pay for their campaigns.
Documents filed with the Federal Election Commission show former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey are pouring personal loans into their campaign accounts.
Blankenship, who was convicted in December 2015 of conspiring to violate federal mine safety and health standards, was fined $250,000 in addition to spending a year in prison as a result of that conviction.
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