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A contentious West Virginia Senate race pits two candidates with close ties to pharma

The GOP had gone after Sen. Manchin for his ties to Mylan, the company now infamous for its EpiPen price hikes, which is run by his daughter Heather Bresch. A…
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey speaks during a press conference in Washington in February.

WASHINGTON — The protester dressed as a gigantic, orange EpiPen injector was sent to Sen. Joe Manchin’s photo op last month as a reminder from Republicans: The vulnerable Democrat from West Virginia should expect his daughter’s company to be a campaign issue at every stop along his road to re-election.

But Manchin — the father of Mylan CEO Heather Bresch, whose company is now infamous for its EpiPen price hikes — may have caught

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