Two of the three Democrats who backed Judge Amy Coney Barrett for a federal appeals court in 2017 plan to not support her nomination to the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg if the confirmation vote occurs before Election Day.
In 2017, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Joe Donnelly, then a senator from Indiana, joined Republicans to confirm Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit by a vote of 55–43. Two other Democrats, Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) didn’t vote.
