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Tuesday night ahead of the senate primary there which is a really interesting race, very competitive. the winner of that will take on democratic senator joe manchin in november. a seat that republicans would love to pick up. the three candidates polling at 10% or higher will be participating. we have invited to appear on the story as well, he wool be joined by don blankenship. first on peter doocy on why this west virginia race is being so closely watched around the nation. hi, peter. the reason the stakes are so high in coal country the winner gets on ballot against senator joe manchin in a state where president trump beat hillary clinton by 42 points. that makes it one of the republicans best opportunities to flip a seat. a fox news poll finds the top 3 are congressman evan jenkins, attorney general patrick morsey and a former colbert ron don blankenship. a quarter of likely voters are undecided and 41% might ....
Because moore s accusers are women and his accusers were obama allies with the suggestion being that he was punished by an administration with an unfavorable view of coal. now some nervous republican linked super pacs are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars against the republican blankenship to keep him off the ballot. is he spending millions of his own. martha? martha: peter, thank you very much. a the washington post columnist recently summed up the west virginia primary saying this. if the 2018 midterm election were a season of the apprentice, we would already have a front run tore beat out everyone else. don blankenship fresh out of prison who stands a decent chance of going becoming west virginia s next republican nominee for the senate. here now don blankenship west virginia senate g.o.p. candidate and former massey coal ceo. thank you very much. good to have you with us here tonight. thank you. martha: why do you think at this point that you are behind in the polls ....