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Manchin, daughter pitch $100M project for 'politically homeless' as potential third-party run looms: report
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his daughter have reportedly been pitching to donors a $100 million centrist project targeting the "political homeless."
The senator's daughter, Heather Manchin, the former chief executive of EpiPen-maker Mylan, revealed to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Wednesday how she registered the politically active nonprofit organization called Americans Together in late July and is planning to hire staff in the coming weeks.
The venture comes as it remains to be seen whether her father will run for re-election in the Senate in 2024 or launch a presidential campaign as an independent.
"What we both very much agree on is the system is very broken and actually in deep trouble," 54-year-old Heather Manchin, who in rising to CEO at Mylan in 2012 became the first woman to run a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, told the Journal. "We have been thinking about what can be done to bring people together.".....
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ma...meless-potential-third-party-run-looms-report
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Sounds like Manchin is exploring a 3rd party run. Good Manchin would disrupt the Democrat vote . Republicans know they must win this time and not many would go to a third party.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his daughter have reportedly been pitching to donors a $100 million centrist project targeting the "political homeless."
The senator's daughter, Heather Manchin, the former chief executive of EpiPen-maker Mylan, revealed to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Wednesday how she registered the politically active nonprofit organization called Americans Together in late July and is planning to hire staff in the coming weeks.
The venture comes as it remains to be seen whether her father will run for re-election in the Senate in 2024 or launch a presidential campaign as an independent.
"What we both very much agree on is the system is very broken and actually in deep trouble," 54-year-old Heather Manchin, who in rising to CEO at Mylan in 2012 became the first woman to run a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, told the Journal. "We have been thinking about what can be done to bring people together.".....
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ma...meless-potential-third-party-run-looms-report
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Sounds like Manchin is exploring a 3rd party run. Good Manchin would disrupt the Democrat vote . Republicans know they must win this time and not many would go to a third party.