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DEMOCRAT SENATOR JOE MANCHIN QUITS PARTY, SAYS US ‘POLITICS ARE BROKEN’

 * The long-time West Virginia lawmaker, who is not running for re-election, has
   registered as an independent but will still caucus with his old party
 * Republican Jim Justice is expected to easily capture Manchin’s seat in the
   November polls


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Retiring US Senator Joe Manchin, a frequent thorn in the side of the Democratic
Party, on Friday left the Democrats, decrying “partisan extremism” as he
followed in the footsteps of fellow former party maverick Senator Kyrsten
Sinema.

Like Sinema, Manchin registered as an independent. The 76-year-old West Virginia
lawmaker’s move will have no practical effect as he, like his Arizona colleague,
will continue to caucus with Democrats, who hold a slim 51-49 majority in the
Senate. Republicans, however, are seen as all but certain to win his seat in the
November 5 election.

“Our national politics are broken and neither party is willing to compromise to
find common ground,” Manchin said in a statement, adding that both parties had
embraced “partisan extremism” and were putting democracy in jeopardy.


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Manchin and Sinema were key votes on multiple pieces of legislation early in
Democratic US President Joe Biden’s administration, including a massive
infrastructure bill.


West Virginia Governor Jim Justice speaks at the governor’s mansion in
Charleston on May 14. Photo: AP

But he has also forced some sweeping legislation to be scaled back and, along
with Sinema, stood in the way of plans to reform or scrap the filibuster, a
procedural tool that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation in the
chamber.



Manchin, a former state legislator and governor who arrived in the Senate in
November 2010, announced last year that he would not seek re-election in
November. He has been the subject of speculation that he would seek another
political office.

Sinema has also said she will leave the Senate after serving one six-year term.

Republicans have a strong chance of capturing a Senate majority in November, as
Democrats are defending more than a half-dozen competitive seats while the
Republicans up for re-election are in solidly Republican states.

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Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice is expected to easily capture
Manchin’s seat, according to non-partisan analysts.



Former US president Donald Trump won the state in 2020, taking a whopping 69 per
cent of the vote to 30 per cent for Biden.


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