- “I’m announcing right now that I am officially running for the United States Senate for the seat that’s open in two years that Joe Manchin currently is in, and I’m all in,” Mooney told Metro News “TalkLine.”
- Mooney was reelected to a fifth House term with 66% of the vote last week.
- Manchin has not yet revealed whether he will seek reelection. He has often served as the lone Democrat to oppose the left’s radical legislation.