Aide: Manchin Will Not Switch Parties

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is questioned for updates by reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, as a partial government shutdown enters its third week. The Senate's Democratic and Republican le... Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is questioned for updates by reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, as a partial government shutdown enters its third week. The Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders closed in on a deal Monday night to avoid an economy-menacing Treasury default and end the two-week partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Despite rumors to the contrary, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) will not leave his party to become a Republican, his office said on Wednesday morning.

“Senator Manchin is a proud West Virginia Democrat and will remain one,” his spokesman, Jonathan Kott, told TPM in an email.

The rumors began after Democrats took a thumping in 2014 midterm elections on Tuesday and lost the Senate majority. West Virginia’s other Senate seat was won by Republican Shelley Moore Capito by a commanding margin.

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