Senator Joe Manchin & Heather Manchin. The plan to break the two-party machine. Why Montana could change everything.
Joe Manchin held the line as the deciding vote in a 50-50 Senate. Now he and his daughter Heather are taking that same no-BS independence national — with a strategy, a target list, and real horsepower behind independent veterans like Seth Bodnar in Montana. This is the moment the independent movement stops asking for permission and starts winning seats.
For the first time on Independent Americans, Senator Joe Manchin and Heather Manchin sit down with Paul Rieckhoff to lay out exactly how…
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→ Four things from today’s episodeJoe Manchin on being the one vote that made the 117th Congress work. and why setting hard parameters forced both parties to negotiate
Heather Manchin's "canyon chart". billions on the left, billions on the right, and a politically homeless sensible majority in the middle
Why 47 states run partisan primaries and 16 states shut inde. Why 47 states run partisan primaries and 16 states shut independents out completely — and why taxpayers are funding elections they can't fully participate in
The Montana breakdown. Seth Bodnar needs 220,000 votes, out-raised both party candidates, and now has a true three-way race
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