Joe Manchin to boost Republicans with donations
By
Ramsey Touchberry
and
Samantha-Jo Roth
June 25, 2024 4:32 pm
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Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), the Democrat-turned-independent, is ready to put his money where his party affiliation is.
The retiring West Virginia senator will begin breaking out his checkbook for more centrist candidates, including Republicans, through his Country Roads PAC.
The most immediate beneficiaries of Manchin’s latest endeavor will include $5,000 to Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Jared Golden (D-ME).
“Bottom line: all three always put country over party,” Manchin wrote in a CNN op-ed published Tuesday. “They don’t care if it’s a Democratic or Republican idea; they care if it’s a solution for America.”
Others could later include Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) and New York Democratic congressional candidate and ex-CNN host John Avlon if the two men clinch their primaries Tuesday night, according to Jon Kott, a former Manchin staffer now at the PR firm Capitol Counsel who will run the newly configured multicandidate Country Roads PAC.
Known for working across party lines and his distaste for a “broken” two-party system, Manchin endorsed centrist GOP Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) when he was a Democrat. His Country Roads PAC gave $10,000 to Murkowski in 2022 during her reelection fight.
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