West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice threw his hat into the ring, likely giving the GOP its best opportunity to take down Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin — who has yet to announce his 2024 plans. Senate GOP gets big boost in quest to retake majority:
in February, Justice is the prohibitive favorite in the primary and the only prospective Republican candidate to notch more than 50 percent support in several hypothetical head-to-head matchups against Manchin.
Democrats have already started mentally preparing for the costly Senate battle ahead. But Sen. Gary Peters , chairman of the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, saw the potentially competitive GOP primary as a boost for Democrats’ chances in the state. “West Virginia’s GOP Senate primary is going to be a nasty, messy and expensive fight and whichever candidate manages to hobble out of their intraparty battle will be damaged and out of step with the voters who will decide the general election,” said DSCC spokesperson Amanda Sherman Baity.
Manchin has seemingly tried to shore up his right flank recently, having announced his support for a number of Republican-led resolutions to overturn rules authored by the Biden administration. He also said on Monday that he would join with a GOP effort to overturn the Inflation Reduction Act , which he authored, if the administration does not implement the law properly.
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