Joe Manchin Not Running For President
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Democrats feared the conservative West Virginia senator would harm President Joe Biden's path to reelection if he jumped into the race as an independent.
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on Friday that he has decided not to launch a run for president after all.
“I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not be involved in a presidential run,” Manchin said at an event in West Virginia.
Manchin had been flirting with a third-party presidential bid after announcing his retirement from the Senate at the end of the year. He held several “listening sessions” with voters in battleground states in recent months, urging more bipartisan consensus in Washington and speaking about what he called a “fiscally responsible and socially compassionate” middle of America.
At an event in Ohio this week, Manchin was openly critical of President Joe Biden’s policies, calling him “so far to the left.” He has also slammed GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, warning that the former president wanted to “destroy” American democracy.
But Democrats feared that the conservative West Virginia senator would only harm Biden’s path to reelection if he jumped into the race as an independent. No Labels, which is advocating for a third-party candidate this year and has secured ballot access in several states, was hoping that Manchin or a similar political figure would join with the group.
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