Joe Manchin will not run for president as a third-party candidate
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senator Joe Manchin, the conservative Democrat from West Virginia, will reportedly announce on Friday that he will not run for president as a third-party candidate. Mr Manchin faced an uphill battle when his former friend Governor Jim Justice, a Democrat-turned-Republican, announced he would run for Senate. He also discussed potential running mates for president such as retiring Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah and former senator Rob Portman of Ohio. Mr Manchin regularly crossed the Biden administration, most notably when he killed Build Back Better, Democrats’ proposed social spending bill.