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New nonfiction · 2025

Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense

American politician and businessman (born 1947)

Summary

Joseph Anthony Manchin III ( MAN-chin; born August 24, 1947) is an American politician and businessman from West Virginia. Manchin served from 2001 to 2005 as the 27th Secretary of State of West Virginia, from 2005 to 2010 as the 34th Governor of West Virginia, and from 2010 to 2025 as a United States Senator from West Virginia. Manchin was a Democrat throughout his political career until he became an independent in 2024. Before entering politics, Manchin co-founded and served as president of Enersystems, his family-owned and operated coal brokerage company. After serving as West Virginia's secretary of state, he was elected governor of West Virginia in 2004 by a large margin and reelected by an even larger margin in 2008. Manchin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in a 2010 special election after the death of Democratic Senator Robert Byrd.

From the Wikipedia article “Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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