![]() ![]() They also face an expensive intra-party fight for Senator Dianne Feinstein’s California seat and a scrambled race in Arizona, another top battleground. Senate Democrats are preparing for expensive races to protect vulnerable incumbents in Trump-favored states including Sherrod Brown in Ohio and Jon Tester in Montana. ![]() Justice, 72, had a 66% approval rating in a Morning Consult poll this month, which was 32 percentage points higher than Manchin. West Virginia, where Trump beat Biden by 39 percentage points in 2020, is the latest Senate battleground shaping up as a costly and volatile campaign. Manchin, who hasn’t yet announced whether he would seek reelection, said in a statement: “Make no mistake, I will win any race I enter.” “I’m committed to fighting for energy jobs, tax cuts, and fiscal responsibility,” he said. He tweeted an opening video for his campaign Thursday afternoon touting his record of cutting taxes, expanding gun rights and restricting abortion. ![]() Justice, a former Democrat who switched parties during the Trump administration, filed official paperwork Thursday to run for the Senate after months of speculation from onlookers and teasing from Justice. (Bloomberg) - Jim Justice, the Republican governor of West Virginia, will run for the Senate seat now held by moderate Joe Manchin, setting up a marquee clash in Democrats’ struggle to keep control of the chamber in 2024. ![]()
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