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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is expected to announce Friday that will will not be running for president, shooting down months of speculation that he would join the race on a third party ticket.
A spokesperson for Manchin confirmed Manchin's plans to decline a presidential bid to Fox News Digital.
Manchin is speaking at West Virginia University as part of his "listening tour" that kicked off last month with his daughter's campaign group "Americans Together" — a movement that touts itself as the "moderate majority" that rejects the "extremism in politics."
Manchin previously said he would not make a decision on whether he would run until after Super Tuesday on March 5.
On Thursday at the Cleveland City Club breakfast forum, Manchin said in a hypothetical run, he would tap Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, or former Ohio senator Rob Portman to be his vice presidential running mate.
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