FILE - Joe Manchin, center, along with his wife, Gayle Manchin, right, and Transition Chairman Larry Puccio are shown at a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004, in Morgantown, W.Va., a day after he was elected governor. Now at the end of his second term as a U.S. senator, Manchin is still not a declared candidate for any office five months before the 2024 general election. But there’s still time to mull potential runs for governor, the Senate, and even the U.S. presidency. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks, File)