Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Thursday he will not run for reelection in 2024 — but signaled he was not leaving politics entirely.
“I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life, and decided that I will not be running for reelection to the United States Senate,” Manchin said in a video posted on X.
“But what I will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together,” he said.
The announcement strikes a major blow to Democrats who saw Manchin, a centrist incumbent in a deep-red state, as crucial to their efforts to keep their narrow majority in the Senate past the 2024 election cycle.
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