And With Joe Manchin’s Announcement, Senate Democrats’ Position For 2020 Vastly Improved
Matt Vespa
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Posted: Sep 03, 2019 3:05 PM
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), the former governor of West Virginia, gave his colleagues a much-needed sigh of relief concerning the 2020 outlook. Manchin mulled another run for the governor’s mansion. He made his final decision today: he’s not going to do it. In doing so, Manchin doesn’t put a seat at risk for the 2020 cycle. Manchin appears to be the only Democrat who has survived his state’s massive red-leaning shift. The state used to be a bastion of blue-collar Democrats. At times, the state legislature was overwhelmingly Democratic. It wasn’t until 2014 that Republicans retook both houses of the legislature. It’s deep Trump country; he won with 68.5 percent of the vote. But Manchin has been able to survive comfortably. He holds a 49 percent approval rating right now. It’s not the best, but more than enough to be crowned the favorite to win the governorship in 2020 if he had decided to toss his hat in the ring (via CBS News):
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