Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks during a “Politics & Eggs” event at the New Hampshire Institute Politics at St. Anselm College on January 12, 2024 in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will announce Friday that he will not run for president, according to two sources familiar with the decision, after spending months mulling a bid that would have shaken up the 2024 campaign.
Manchin, 76, had said last November that he would not seek re-election to his Senate seat this year, leading to speculation that he would run for the White House as an independent or as a third-party candidate.
The centrist senator is is expected to discuss the importance of independent voices and leave the door open to departing the Democratic Party.
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