{"id":1739790,"date":"2022-11-15T13:09:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739790"},"modified":"2022-11-15T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:18:27","slug":"joe-manchin-gets-a-gop-challenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-gets-a-gop-challenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin Gets a GOP Challenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-manchin-gets-a-gop-challenger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739790&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., announced Tuesday that he will run for Senate in 2024 in a bid to unseat Sen. Joe Manchin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;West Virginia values are at risk in this country. We\u2019re bankrupting America. I want to be a part of the solution there,&#8221; Mooney said in a radio interview on MetroNews Talkline on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been talked about a lot, but I\u2019m going to announce. I\u2019m announcing it right now that I\u2019m running for the U.S. Senate,&#8221; Mooney said. &#8220;I\u2019m all in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/640\/320\/Sen-Joe-Manchin-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Sen. Joe Manchin\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Sen. Joe Manchin<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchin faced his toughest challenge in 2018 when he won by only 3%, and could face a tight challenge from Mooney as West Virginia grows increasingly Republican. The moderate Democrat has faced criticism within his party as a swing vote in the 50-50 Senate during the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>Mooney became the first Hispanic congressman to represent West Virginia when he assumed office in 2015. Previously, he worked as a chair of the Maryland Republican Party, where he represented a western district.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-senate-republicans-chaotic-week-leadership-elections-discontent-party-bosses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>REPUBLICANS SET FOR CHAOTIC WEEK OF LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS AMID DISCONTENT WITH PARTY BOSSES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/AP22305729981288.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Alex Mooney\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Alex Mooney<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchin drew national attention when he announced his opposition to Biden\u2019s Build Back Better plan, which needed his vote to pass in the Senate. He continued negotiations with the White House as the bill evolved into the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed thanks to his vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Runyon, a spokesman for Manchin, said the senator welcomes all challengers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A robust democratic process has never been more important to our country and Sen. Manchin encourages every candidate who values public service to enter the race,&#8221; Runyon told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-gop-wont-move-leadership-elections-calls-delay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SENATE GOP WON&#8217;T MOVE LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS DESPITE CALLS FOR DELAY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1242547241_1280x.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden gives Sen. Joe Manchin the pen he used to sign the Inflation Reduction Act as Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer applauds.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Biden gives Sen. Joe Manchin the pen he used to sign the Inflation Reduction Act as Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer applauds.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchin, who describes himself as pro-life, voted to keep the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal dollars from funding abortions, despite efforts from his party to nix the nearly five-decade-old measure. However, Manchin said he was disappointed by the overturn of Roe v. Wade<i> <\/i>and declared he would vote to codify abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/wv-state-police-receive-285k-grant-improve-forensic-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Virginia<\/a> has morphed into a Republican stronghold in recent election cycles. Support for Democrats has steadily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-west-virginia-maintain-majorities-state-senate-house-midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined<\/a> \u2014 Al Gore won 46% of the state in 2000 and Biden won just 30% of the state in 2020. The state\u2019s other U.S. senator is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6315454090112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shelley Moore Capito<\/a>, a Republican who won 70% of the vote in 2020. West Virginia has not had two Republican senators since 1958.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who switched his party from Democrat to Republican, said in September that it is &#8220;possible&#8221; he might run for Senate in 2024. Manchin has yet to officially declare he will run for re-election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Patrick Hauf is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., announced Tuesday that he will run for Senate in 2024 in a bid to unseat Sen. 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