The state is a top target on the 2024 map as an opportunity for Republicans to flip a Democratic-controlled seat in hopes of recapturing the Senate.
He’s managed to hang on time and time again in West Virginia by bucking his party on key votes and building a reputation as a centrist.
“The dominoes are really starting to move as soon as Congressman Mooney announced,” Moore said. “I think there’s an absolute laser focus in this state, in terms of the Republican Party in defeating Joe Manchin and 2024. This will take a lot of resources. Joe Manchin certainly is formidable; he won in 2018. And if you’re going to need those types of resources and focus, you better get going early.
Whether he runs as a Democrat is in question, too. After Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., announced her departure from the Democratic Party last week, Manchin seemed to leave the door open to a party switch during a brief exchange with NBC News.“I don’t know how you get more independent than I am,” Manchin said, touting his record and public disputes with Democrats on key issues in recent years. “I’ve always looked at all those things, but I have no intention of doing anything right now.
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