Joe Manchin Launches Effort to Elect More Independent Lawmakers

Joe Manchin launches effort to elect more Independent lawmakers

Independents don't have access to the big fundraising and infrastructure that the two main political parties can offer.

Joe Manchin Wants to Elect More Independents

“A year and a half after leaving office, former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is embarking on a new political chapter with an initiative designed to elect independents to Congress,” NPR reports. Said Manchin: “The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ […]

Inside Joe Manchin's new quest to elect more Independents to Congress

The former West Virginia senator was a lifelong Democrat before deciding to register as an independent two years ago. He now wants to create similar pathways for other politicians in both parties.