At least three Senate Democrats are facing a challenging environment or stiff competition if they ultimately decide to run for reelection in 2024.
Manchin
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has already begun hitting Manchin with attack ads directed at West Virginia voters, portraying him as an elitist for attending the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski town of Davos and labeling him “Maserati Manchin.”Tester and Brown
Tester could also be up against a strong Republican opponent if he were to decide to run for reelection to represent Montana in the Senate. He could potentially be facing Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), who was recently elected to the House after serving as President Donald Trump’s first Secretary of the Interior. Trump won Montana by more than 16 percentage points over candidate Joe Biden in 2020.He is the only Democrat to hold statewide office in Montana and his Senate seat is also in the “toss-up” category according to the Center for Politics.
Meanwhile, in Ohio, a changing political landscape could leave Brown vulnerable. So far, he is the only Senate Democrat in a competitive race that has announced his reelection bid.
Ohio Republicans won every partisan statewide office, including for governor and U.S. Senate in the 2022 midterm elections, and added to their majority in the state legislature.
Nevertheless, Brown is considered a political institution in Ohio, starting his political career in 1975 as a state representative, then becoming secretary of state of Ohio, a member of Congress, and finally a senator.
Sinema
Lastly, the Senate race in Arizona in 2024 appears to be one that will be the most attention-grabbing and unique for Democrats.Sinema, who has changed her party status to independent, has not yet decided if she is going to run for reelection. But if she were to do so she would be running against Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and a Republican challenger making it a three-way race.
The senator from Arizona presently caucuses with Democrats but Republicans have been trying to convince her to caucus with them in the Senate or even change parties again to avoid such an eventuality.
The Epoch Times reached out to Manchin, Tester, Brown, and Sinema but did not receive a response at the time of press.