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Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin won’t seek reelection

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state.

By Alex Brandon, Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, Andrew Harnik, Gene J. Puskar, Jacquelyn Martin, J. Scott Applewhite, Leah Willingham, Mark Schiefelbein, Mariam Zuhaib and Susan Walsh / AP

Nov. 9, 2023

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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington.
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President Joe Biden signs the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, as from left, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., watch.
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\Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a news conference on Sept. 20, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington. West Virginia Republican U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney is facing Democrat Barry Wendell in the race for a seat representing the state's 2nd Congressional District. But Mooney hasn’t shown any interest in debating or even engaging with Wendell. The congressman is more interested in talking about the last Democrat Sen. Manchin.
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President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Aug. 16, 2022.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., pauses before leaving an intelligence briefing on the unknown aerial objects the U.S. military shot down this weekend at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14. The incidents come shortly after a Chinese surveillance balloon traversed the U.S. and was shot down off South Carolina a week ago.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., left, and Sen. John Thune. R-S.D., right, speak during the news conference to introduce the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information Communications Technology Act, or RESTRICT Act, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., arrives to chair the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 21, 2021. Manchin says he will not move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee oil and gas leasing at the Interior Department. In an op-ed Friday, March 10, 2023, he cited a leaked memo signed by nominee Laura Daniel-Davis that proposed charging oil companies higher rates for drilling off the Alaska coast.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., asks questions during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for the 2024 fiscal year at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, March 22.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shakes hands with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., after a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for the 2024 fiscal year at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, March 22.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen packs her things while speaking to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., after a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for the 2024 fiscal year at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, March 22.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., greets Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 27.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., right, laugh during a Senate Appropriations hearing on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 16.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his wife Gayle Manchin, arrive for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, Thursday, June 22, in Washington.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters as he walks to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 6, in Washington.
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., visits the sidelines at Acrisure Stadium during warm ups before an NFL football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Sept. 10.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., stands as the elevator doors close, after a closed-door caucus meeting at the Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 28, in Washington. The meeting discussed the federal charges of bribery against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, speaks during a committee hearing, May 2, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration on Friday proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years — and none in Alaska — as it tries to navigate between energy companies that have pressed for greater oil and gas production and environmental activists who have urged President Joe Biden to shut down new offshore drilling in the fight against climate change.
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West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin speaks with reporters outside the newly renovated Amtrak train station in Charleston, W.Va. on Thursday, Oct. 12.
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West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin speaks with reporters outside the newly renovated Amtrak train station in Charleston, W.Va. on Thursday, Oct. 12.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chairs a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the health of the electrical power grid, at the Capitol in Washington, June 1. Manchin announced he won't seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state.
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks outside the chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13. Manchin announced he won't seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state.

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