Sen. Manchin Says He'll Decide on Presidential Run by Year’s End

‘I think, yes, I could bring it together,’ he said.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 2, 2023. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he will decide by the end of this year whether he plans to embark on a third-party bid for the White House.

The West Virginia Democrat faced questions about his third-party aspirations during an interview with Fox News on Oct. 1, after he told host Shannon Bream that “people are not satisfied right now” with the current field of Democrat and Republican candidates.