Democrat Joe Manchin backs Republican Lisa Murkowski for reelection

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said that he would back the reelection campaign of GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski, who is facing a challenge from a candidate supported by former President Trump. Manchin, the moderate Democrat from West Virginia, previously bucked his party by endorsing Republican Senator Susan Collins in 2020.

Manchin told Politico that he would back Murkowski's reelection "in a heartbeat." Murkowski has not yet officially announced that she is running for another term. "People understand that they have a person that understands Alaska and has Alaska in her blood and in every part of her veins and every morsel of her body," Manchin said of Murkowski in a joint interview with the two senators. Murkowski responded that she would "welcome his endorsement."