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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Joe Manchin’s Senate resignation fuels speculation of third-party 2024 bid

Joe Manchin outside congress
Joe Manchin said he planned to travel the country ‘to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilise the middle and bring Americans together’. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

The West Virginia Democrat senator Joe Manchin’s announcement that he will not run for re-election next year has triggered speculation that he might instead launch a bid for the White House as the candidate of No Labels, a third-party group which has attracted significant funding.

Manchin has long flirted with such a bid, brushing off warnings that by running he would only help elect Donald Trump, the likely Republican candidate who is far ahead in the party’s 2024 nomination race.

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