Emily Jacobs is a congressional reporter for the Washington Examiner. She began her career at Fox News Channel as a ticker writer and then moved to the New York Post's politics team as a national political reporter.
Sen. Joe Manchin’s decision to not seek reelection was a major victory in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s prolonged campaign to retake control of the upper chamber.
If Manchin had run, and if Justice wins his primary as polls suggest he will, it would have been the most expensive contest of the cycle for both sides. McConnell and Sen. Steve Daines , who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee this cycle, had listed West Virginia as the top target in their broader strategy to reclaim the Senate majority.
Asked about Justice and securing Senate control in an interview late Thursday, McConnell said, “You can do the math. If we don’t lose any incumbent — and I don’t think we will — he’s No. 50. And one step closer to having a majority. I’ve been involved in a lot of recruiting over the years, some successfully, some not. But I think that’s the best recruiting job I ever did.”
“Democrats have multiple pathways to protect and strengthen our Senate majority and are in a strong position to achieve this goal," David Bergstein, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said on Thursday.
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