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WILL HE STAY OR WILL HE GO? @Sen_JoeManchin to announce his decision on whether or not to run again for West Virginia governor on Tuesday morning, I’m told. Not even close staff is yet aware of his final decision.
Manchin, 72, easily won re-election last year and his term runs until early 2023. But he’s known to be upset with Republican Gov. @JimJusticeWV, a former Democrat. And a statewide poll out last week gave Manchin an early lead.
Also: Manchin doesn’t have to quit his Senate seat to run for governor, and could return full-time to the Senate even if he loses. Stay tuned.
Correction: Manchin‘s term runs until early 2025. A typo I regret. (Thanks, @Capital70Q for the flag.)
More on Manchin’s anticipated announcement here: cbsnews.com/news/senator-j…
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CONFIRMED: @SenGillibrand is expected to announce plans to form a 2020 presidential exploratory committee on @colbertlateshow on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with her thinking.
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Ed O'Keefe
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PER INBOX: Already NO on Kavanaugh: Casey (D-Pa) Booker (D-NJ) Harris (D-CA) Van Hollen (D-Md) Udall (D-NM). WAITING & SEEING: Jones (D-AL) Hassan (D-NH) Cortez Masto (D-NV) Gardner (R-CO) Cotton (R-Ark.) Paul (R-Ky.). YES: Cornyn (R-TX), Boozman (R-Ark.) McConnell (R-KY)
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Collins (R-Maine) on the fence as expected: “I will conduct a careful, thorough vetting of the President’s nominee to the Supreme Court, as I have done with the five previous Supreme Court Justices whom I have considered.”
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Arlen Parsa
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Brain drain/exodus from rural areas is real. I’ve lived it.

It’s downright perverse that for every young person who moves away from small rural states seeking a college education, the less educated ones who stay behind have even more disproportionate voting power in Congress!
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West Virginia Supreme Court Update

Statement from Senate President Mitch Carmichael on Justice Robin Davis

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Please see the following statement from Senate President Mitch Carmichael regarding today’s news about Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis:

“We appreciate and respect the decision of Justice Davis to step down from the West Virginia Supreme Court.
Because of her decision to step down today, the Governor will be able to give the people of West Virginia the ability to choose the person who will replace her.
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1) The teachers of West Virginia are not just fighting for themselves, our children or all public employees. In my view, teachers in West Virginia are joining a fight for the soul and spirit of West Virginia that started hundreds of years ago #55strong
2) Hundreds of years ago, investors came to West Virginia and purchased most of the land for all but nothing. Even today, you will be hard pressed to find many people in WV who own their mineral rights.
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