{Charleston, West Virginia}...According to the latest Federal Election Commission filings listing campaign donations through December 31st, Representative Shelley Moore Capito has received 43 donations totaling $18,887 from coal operator Robert E. Murray, his companies and his employees. Representative David McKinley, R-W.Va., received 22 donations from Murray and his companies and employees, totaling $12,578. Murray's company, Murray Energy Corp., is the largest privately owned coal company in America. Murray, who operates nine coal mines in Utah, Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio, owned the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah when an August 2007 collapse killed six miners and three rescue workers. On July 24, 2008, the Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it would fine Murray's mining companies in Utah $1.85 million for violations leading to the collapse.
