ETKey races: GOP Senate Primary, 3rd House DistrictBlankenship defiant - AP: “A defiant Don Blankenship fired back after President Donald Trump urged West Virginia voters to support opponents of the former coal executive – and former convict – in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. Rep.Jim Renacci says he joined the Senate race with White House encouragement, after Ohio TreasurerJosh Mandel withdrew for personal reasons. Renacci had been running for governor, while Cleveland investment banker Mike Gibbons was already in the Senate race. Pittenger, in his third term, faces a 9th District GOP rematch with the Rev. Manning faces one opponent in the Democratic primary – Adam Coker, a long-haul truck driver who has been campaigning almost continuously since early 2017.

Source: Fox News May 08, 2018 18:00 UTC