Podcast: Joe Manchin and the Mountain State Midterm Melee – Roll Call

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Podcast: Joe Manchin and the Mountain State Midterm Melee

Political Theater, Episode 18

(Manchin, Morrisey, Energy CEO Don Blankenship and Rep. Evan Jenkins (CQ Roll Call)

By Jason Dick and Simone Pathé

Posted May 9, 2018 at 4:41pm

West Virginia Republicans lined up for the right to take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III, and after a knock-down, drag-out fight, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey emerged as the victor. Roll Call senior political reporter Simone Pathé talks about her recent trip to the Mountain State and what it told her about the midterm fight ahead.
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