In West Virginia’s GOP Senate primary, candidate Don Blankenship is running on a different kind of record. The former CEO of Massey Energy served a one-year sentence, ending in May 2017, for conspiring to violate mine health and safety standards in connection with the nation’s deadliest coal mining explosion in decades. “Maybe I’m wrong, but I still think a conviction for murder would prevent someone’s election,” said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics.