Some Republicans are courting Joe Manchin to run for governor against Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
According to sources close to Manchin,MetroNews, at least 20 wealthy Republicans have reached out to Manchin to urge him to run against Morrisey, who won the state’s primary last week. As indicated by quick denunciations from the West Virginia Republican Party, they are working independently of the state party.
Sen. Joe Manchin asks a question during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the president’s proposed 2025 Department of the Interior budget on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. “The WVGOP is united squarely behind Patrick Morrisey for Governor. West Virginians are excited to continue our Republican victory streak by electing him as our conservative voice in the Governor’s mansion this November!” Matt Herridge, West Virginia Republican Party chairman, told the outlet.
“Republican voters spoke loud and clear in selecting Patrick Morrisey as the nominee and next governor of West Virginia. There is only one conservative candidate on the ballot who will stand up to the Biden Administration’s disastrous agenda and deliver results for West Virginia families and no amount of wish-casting by anonymous sources will change that,” Republican Governors Association national press secretary Courtney Alexander said.
“Unless Joe Manchin is the most duplicitous person on the face of the earth, which I don’t believe he is because he’s been a friend for over 40 years now, I don’t see that these rumors have any legs,” he added.
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