No Labels is working to secure ballot access in all 50 states for the 2024 presidential election, including Georgia, even as the party plays coy about nominating a candidate for
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who last week announced he will retire from the Senate at the end of next year, added to his party's woes on Wednesday when he said he "absolutely" would consider running for president in 2024. In an interview with NBC News, Manchin said: "Every American should consider it if they're in a position to help save the country." The West Virginia senator, one of the most conservative Democrats in the 100-member Senate, has had close ties with the "No Labels" group that is flirting with putting up a third-party presidential candidate.
Beyond control of the Senate, Manchin’s move is aimed at either moving Biden’s reelection campaign even further to the right particularly on social cuts and regulation of coal and other fossil fuels or aiding the Republican candidate by drawing Democratic voters away from Biden through a “bipartisan” third-party effort.