Senate Democrats fear West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s third-party presidential run could hand control of the Senate and White House to Republicans in 2024, according to Politico. are doing.

Manchin has hinted at running for president through a third-party ticket from centrist group No Labels and is not yet involved in a Senate re-election that has already attracted two Republican challengers. . Some of his Democratic colleagues have warned against running for president, instead recommending Mr. Manchin run for another term. according to to Politico.

“I advised him to stop doing it. I think it’s a terrible idea,” Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado told Politico. “It would help Donald Trump.” (Related: Democrats Team Up With Anti-Trump Republicans To Crush Third-Party Organizations: Report)

Many fear that No Labels’ third-party “unified ticket” will spoil the 2024 election and steal more votes from President Joe Biden than the Republican nominee. ing. No Labels officials recently acknowledged that former President Donald Trump is unlikely to field a third-party candidate if he is not a Republican.

“You’ll never know Joe,” Montana Senator Jon Tester told Politico. “If Joe didn’t run for the U.S. Senate, he would be bad for the country.”

Senator Gary Peters of Michigan, who chairs the Democratic Senate campaign committee, told Politico that Manchin continues to consider running for president, but that he “will run for the Senate whenever the opportunity arises.” I encourage him to do so,” he said.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Rep. Alex Mooney are running for the Republican nomination for Manchin’s Senate seat, with the governor currently leading the House of Representatives 53% to 12%. according to In a May 30 East Carolina University poll. In the same poll, Manchin is expected to lose the overall score to Justice and Mooney by 22 points and 1 point respectively.

“My hunch is that Joe still has a very good chance of running for re-election. And we need him, too,” Virginia Senator Tim Kaine told Politico. “If Governor Justice thinks he’s going to wipe out Joe Manchin, Joe Manchin will be like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ No way.'”

Manchin was first elected to the Senate in a special election in 2010, defeating his Republican opponent 53.5% to 43.4% and winning in 2012 by about 24 points. according to Go to Ballotpedia. The senator defeated Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrissey in 2018 by just 3.3 points, but he won by a narrow margin.

Mr. Manchin did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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