Outgoing West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin (D) has some ideas for his ideal ticket…
While Manchin has yet to say if he will officially launch a third-party campaign for president, the West Virginia lawmaker has some ideas.
“Hypothetically, if I was picking my running mate, really who I would ask right now is Mitt Romney,” the West Virginia Democrat said during a Q&A at a City Club of Cleveland breakfast Thursday — a stop on the nationwide “listening tour” he launched after announcing he would forgo a reelection bid in 2024. Romney is also not running for reelection this year.
Manchin also floated Rob Portman, the moderate former Republican senator from Ohio.
“Rob Portman would be right there, too,” Manchin quickly added.
In announcing he wouldn’t seek to keep his Senate seat, Manchin said he would be “traveling the country and speaking out, to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle, and bring Americans together.”
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