Key Dem Might Run As Independent In 2024?
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Could Dem Senator Joe Manchin become an Independent?
Recent comments from him have spurred speculation that he could run as an Independent in 2024.
The Washington Examiner reported:
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is keeping his 2024 decision close to the vest. While many speculate he will run for reelection in the Senate, the centrist Democrat is stirring rumors that he may opt to run for the White House — on a third-party ticket.
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He has noted his 12-year relationship with the No Labels, a centrist party group that is working to gain access to ballots across all 50 states to open the doors for a third-party candidate in the presidential elections.
The nonprofit organization is committed to raising roughly $70 million to gather signatures and qualify for the 2024 ballots in individual states, per NPR. So far, they’ve gained access in Arizona, Colorado, Alaska, and Oregon.
When asked whether he could run on a nationwide No Labels Ticket Manchin said, “people are starving, starving to work together.”
Asked about talk that he could run nationwide on the No Labels ticket, Manchin said “people are starving, starving to work together.”
He said voters are sick of “this constant, daily routine of everyone’s against everybody and everybody’s fighting and arguing.”
“Let’s be for the country and get something done,” he said.
He has repeatedly declined to knock down chatter that he may run for president as a third-party candidate and told reporters last week he won’t make a decision about his political future until the end of the year.
Will Manchin leave the Democrat party?
