The Democratic Party’s path to maintaining control of the Senate depends on two red-state incumbents now that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has announced his retirement.
Manchin, a centrist Democrat in a deep-red state, was widely viewed as the most vulnerable Senate incumbent of the 2024 cycle. But he was also Democrats’ best, and perhaps only, hope of keeping the seat in his party’s hands.
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Speculation mounted in recent months about the West Virginia senator’s political future as poll after poll indicated he was trailing his leading GOP challenger, Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV). He finally opted against another Senate run on Nov. 9.
Without Manchin in the race, the party’s task of keeping its 51-49 majority has become even harder. Republicans only have 10 incumbents up for reelection this…
