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Senator Joe Manchin teased a third-party presidential run at a No Labels event Monday, even as questions linger about whether the self-styled centrist group has the necessary funds to mount a successful challenge in 2024.
Voters in the greater New Hampshire area gathered at St. Anselm’s College in Manchester for a question-and-answer session with the West Virginia Democrat and former Utah governor John Huntsman (R., Utah). Both Manchin and Huntsman flirted with the prospect of potentially running together on a «unity ticket,» should they believe voters are unhappy with the Democratic and Republican Party options in 2024.
But Manchin was characteristically coy about his presidential ambitions.
«I’m not here running for president tonight. I’m not,» the centrist Democrat said at the town hall’s conclusion. «I’m here trying to basically save the nation. I’m more concerned now than I’ve ever been concerned in my lifetime.»
Whether No Labels—which says it will announce by Super Tuesday next year whether it plans to run a candidate—has the resources to mount a serious challenge to the two-party system is unclear.
