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Aug 10, 2023 · April 2022: He downplays a report that he told Senate GOP No. 2 John Thune (R-S.D.) that he would switch parties if Thune led the GOP. “The bottom line is I am a West Virginia Democrat ...
Apr 28, 2022 · 5 min. It’s a subject that hasn’t gone away and apparently won’t anytime soon: whether Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) might one day switch parties. The latest entry in the saga comes via a...
Apr 28, 2022 · Manchin had rejected party-switching appeals in the past, so Thune pitched him on becoming an independent and caucusing with the Republicans, according to reporting from Burns and Martin....
Aug 10, 2023 · WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a maverick Democrat who has often bucked party leadership, told a radio station in his home state of West Virginia on Thursday that he...
Dec 22, 2021 · Mitch McConnell is openly courting Joe Manchin as a potential party-switcher. But while Manchin’s state is profoundly Republican, he’s not up for reelection until 2024, and any...
Oct 21, 2021 · CNN — A report on Wednesday suggested that West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin told associates that he “is considering leaving the Democratic Party if President Joe Biden and Democrats on...
Apr 27, 2021 · Features. Joe Manchin wants to save Democrats from themselves. But is his love for the filibuster dooming the country to dysfunction? By Andrew Prokop andrew@vox.com Apr 27, 2021, 5:00am EDT....