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A spokesperson for Sen. Joe Manchin is pushing again on a brand new poll launched Tuesday that exhibits the West Virginia Democrat trailing GOP Gov. Jim Justice in a possible matchup.
The survey, commissioned by the GOP tremendous PAC Senate Management Fund and first reported by Politico, comes as Justice has stated he is contemplating operating for Senate. Manchin has not but introduced if he is operating for re-election in 2024.
“Senator Manchin continues to think about one of the simplest ways he can serve his state and nation. However make no mistake, he’ll win no matter race he enters,” Manchin’s spokesperson, Sam Runyon, stated in a press release to NBC Information.
Justice garnered the help of 52% of these surveyed within the poll, whereas Manchin had help from 42% within the hypothetical matchup between the 2. However Manchin had double-digit benefits in hypothetical matchups towards state Legal professional Basic Patrick Morrissey, who Manchin defeated by 3 proportion factors in 2018, and GOP Rep. Alex Mooney, who launched a Senate run final 12 months.
The poll, carried out by the Tarrance Group, finds that voters view Justice extra favorably than Manchin. Two-thirds of voters have a good view of Justice, whereas 31% view him unfavorably. A slight majority — 52% — view Manchin unfavorably and 44% view him favorably.
Again in December, Manchin instructed reporters that Justice could be his hardest competitor.
“Justice is a lot better candidate and he can be doing [it] for the appropriate causes,” he stated on the time. “I believe Mooney is doing it strictly for his political ambition.”
Exterior teams sometimes launch polls to try to affect candidates as they weigh whether or not or to not run. Senate Management Fund, which is aligned with Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, has been recognized to play in GOP primaries to spice up candidates deemed more than likely to win in November.
