Over the past two years, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) have held an outsize influence in the 50-50 Senate as Democrats have needed both their votes to advance their agenda.
As Arizona centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Democratic Party to become an independent, several eyes are turning to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to see if he’ll do the same possibly upending the balance of power in the Senate for the next Congress.
The Republican returned to the campaign trail on Monday as he faces a tight race against Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock in the runoff election on December 6.