Outgoing West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, has been reportedly pressured by numerous people to make a last-minute run for governor.
West Virginia Democrats sought to push back on rumors this week that outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin, who was expected to retire, might be mounting a surprise campaign for governor. The conjecture intensified after Manchin was reportedly bombarded by people urging him to run at an event at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, according to WVMetroNews.
The senator also only has a few days to make any decision, according to state officials who contradicted reports Manchin would have to take Williams’ place as the Democratic nominee – or be able to run against the mayor of the state’s second-largest city. Manchin, who previously served as governor from 2005 to 2010 before winning the seat of the deceased Robert C. Byrd, D-W.V.
Attempts to reach West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Matt Herridge on the matter were unsuccessful, but in comments to WVMetroNews, Herridge said the party is 'united squarely behind' the Republican gubernatorial nominee, State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. However, state Del.
With Manchin retiring from the Senate either way, Pushkin said the senator's potential Democratic successor, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott, also has a 'great story to tell' about his time as mayor of the city just west of Pittsburgh, Penn., and tenure working for Byrd. In response to the news, an official with the Republican Governors Association said that Republican voters spoke loud and clear in selecting Morrisey as the nominee.
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