Run For Congress in 1988 and Death
In 1988, Blanton appeared on a ballot for the first time in 14 years when he ran for the retiring Ed Jones' Congressional seat. He finished far behind the eventual winner, state representative John Tanner, only winning seven percent of the vote. He then became privately employed at a Ford Motors dealership in Henderson until he died of liver failure in 1996, still proclaiming his innocence.
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