On May 31, 2024, Sen. Joe Manchin announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party and filing as an independent. 

In a Tweet posted to X, Manchin said “My commitment to do everything I can to bring our country together has led me to register as an independent with no party affiliation.”

Manchin announced in November 2023 that he would not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate. Manchin is one of eight incumbents not seeking re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2024: 

• Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), 
• Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
• Tom Carper (D-Del.), 
• Mitt Romney (R-Utah)
• Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), 
• Joe Manchin (I-W. Va.)
• Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.)
• U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 2010, Manchin served two terms as the Governor of West Virginia.

Voters in West Virginia will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. Senate in 2025.