Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., stated he gained’t determine on whether or not to run for re-election — and even president — “till the top of the 12 months” in an interview Sunday on NBC Information’ “Meet the Press.”
Manchin, a centrist Democrat who has repeatedly bucked his get together on a variety of key points, is up for re-election subsequent 12 months, and he has remained tight-lipped about whether or not he’ll run once more for the Senate in his overwhelmingly Republican-leaning state or launch a bid for the White Home.
“My submitting date is Jan. 15 in 2024, and I’ll make my resolution perhaps slightly bit earlier than that — however not till the top of the 12 months, I can guarantee you,” he stated Sunday.
Requested by host Chuck Todd whether or not he would run as a Democrat subsequent 12 months, Manchin sidestepped, saying: “The get together identification is just not going to vary me. Democrat, Republican. I imply, having a D and R shouldn’t change you as an individual. I’m going to nonetheless combat for the issues I do. Can’t I be a average centrist with no matter identification or no identification? I’d assume.”
He responded to his feedback in a Washington Put up report revealed Sunday in regards to the potential for a third-party bid: “If you’re asking me what I’m going to do and what my political ambitions can be, it’s to make the nation work collectively and be a United States and never the divided states. … I’m going to do no matter I can to have a voice in that center.
“I’m going to do no matter I can to have a voice in that center that we are able to principally drive each side and say, ‘Wait a minute, you’ve gone to extremes, you’ve obtained to start out coming again,’” he added. “You’ve obtained to search out methods to resolve issues. You possibly can’t remedy them from the acute proper and excessive left. You possibly can’t make individuals make you choose a facet.”
The West Virginia Senate race is a high goal for Republicans trying to flip a seat. Thus far, there are two candidates on the GOP facet — Rep. Alex Mooney and coal miner Chris Rose — though many are ready to see whether or not GOP Gov. Jim Justice jumps in.
