
Joe Manchin will not launch third-party presidential run
Fox News
Sen. Joe Manchin will not run for president despite months of speculation that he would run a third party bid.
Manchin made the announcement during a speech at West Virginia University as part of his "listening tour" that kicked off last month with his daughter's campaign group "Americans Together" — a movement that touts itself as the "moderate majority" that rejects the "extremism in politics." Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
"I'm working with my daughter, working with people that we have around Americans Together and putting all my efforts toward that," Manchin said Friday.
Manchin previously said he would not make a decision on whether he would run until after Super Tuesday on March 5.