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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.
