West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the Republican Senate primary in his state.

西弗吉尼亚州司法部长帕特里克·莫里西在该州赢得共和党参议院初选。

Patrick Morrisey, the attorney general of West Virginia and one of the leaders of the challenge to the E.P.A.'s authority, welcomed the decision.

西弗吉尼亚州司法部长帕特里克·莫里西是挑战环保局权威的领导者之一，他对这一裁决表示欢迎。

Morrisey edged out a sitting Congressman, Evan Jenkins, as well as the race's most notorious contender, Don Blankenship, a former coal-company CEO who spent a year in prison for mine-safety violations after an explosion that killed 29 miners.

莫里西击败了在任国会议员埃文·詹金斯，也击败了本次选举中名声最不好的竞选者唐·布兰肯希普，后者曾是某煤炭企业的总裁，其煤矿发生爆炸导致29名矿工死亡后，因煤矿安全违规被判了一年监禁。