West Virginia Governor Jim Justice to Challenge Democratic Senator Manchin in 2024 Senate Race.

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has announced his candidacy for the Senate, challenging incumbent Democrat Joe Manchin. Both men have deep connections to the state's coal industry, with Justice having profited from family businesses in the fossil fuel industry across Appalachia. Justice's entrance into the race sets up a potential collision between two politicians with personal ties to an energy industry that President Joe Biden and other world leaders have promised to largely replace with renewable power. Recent polling shows Justice is the strongest candidate vying for the Republican nomination to challenge Manchin.