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What they report · Where they serve · not the pond

Reported assets: No net worth reported.
Median household income, West Virginia: $59,608 (±$691); Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimate. Census table ↗

Median household income, West Virginia $59,608

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Reported assets are what the disclosure form lists, in value bands, before debts and not counting a primary home. The median is one year's household income. They measure different things.

Context only. The income figure never moves the pond.

How they voted · the eight · not the pond

Latest roll call per issue, shown as the stance it supports. A NO counts as the other side. The line under each label is the exact vote.

ImmigrationMore lenientvoted YES on S. 744, the 2013 immigration overhaul (Senate, 2013)Before 2015 · not in the pond AbortionPro-lifevoted NO on S. 4132, the federal abortion-rights bill (Senate, cloture to proceed, 2022)+2 earlier GunsStrictervoted YES on S. 2938, the Safer Communities gun bill (Senate, concur, 2022)+1 earlier Free speechNO VOTE YETNo vote on this issue yet TaxesHighervoted YES on H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act (Senate, 2022)+1 earlier EnergyFossil fuelsvoted YES on S. 1, the Keystone XL pipeline bill (Senate, 2015)Crime & policingYESvoted YES on S. 756, the First Step sentencing bill (Senate, concur, 2018)Parental rightsMore state involvementvoted NO on S.Amdt. 1852, the 529 K–12 savings amendment (Senate, 2017)

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About Joe Manchin, III

Age: 79 (born Aug 24, 1947)source
Born in: Farmington, West Virginiasource
Years in office: U.S. Senate, 2010–2025 (14 years). Not in that office now.source
Hobbies & fun facts: nothing found

Manchin, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was born in Farmington, graduated from West Virginia University, and was a businessman before serving in the West Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate, as West Virginia Secretary of State and as Governor, then in the U.S. Senate. He is married to Gayle Conelly and has three children.

Last updated: Oct 19, 2026

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What they're running on

From their campaign site, in their own words. Not the pond.

No official platform found.

Also on the record — not in the pond

Votes and disclosures. A single vote here doesn't change the pond. A checked flip on any bill is listed in the Flips section.

Next election · not the pond

Not currently in an elected office · No upcoming race for them in the site's ballot data

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Reported assets · not the pond

No financial disclosure on file in our data.

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Reported assets. Not the pond.
Disclosure	No financial disclosure on file in our data.

Committee assignments · not the pond

U.S. Congress — past assignments

As listed on Dec 17, 2024, before they left Congress. Shown so you can see it. Committees never move the pond.

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Member
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies — Member
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies — Member
Subcommittee: Financial Services and General Government — Member
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies — Member
Subcommittee: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies — Member
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies — Member
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Member
Subcommittee: Airland — Member
Subcommittee: Cybersecurity — Chair
Subcommittee: Strategic Forces — Member
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Chair
Subcommittee: Energy — Ex officio
Subcommittee: National Parks — Ex officio
Subcommittee: Public Lands, Forests, and Mining — Ex officio
Subcommittee: Water and Power — Ex officio
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs — Member

Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators file history (commit c3843a3e83e5).

Funding — not the pond

FEC money track · 2024–2026 cycle · never part of the pond

Did they take money from PACs that funded both Democrats and Republicans? Money never moves the pond.

Campaign — didn’t take the both-sides check

$0 TAKE (dual-party PAC)

Under $1,000 from PACs that fund both parties this cycle. Super PACs are not in this number. Money never moves the pond.

Context. Not the pond. Taking the check is not a flip. Flipping after the check, and staying quiet, is.

Traditional PAC contributions to candidate committees only. A dual-party PAC gave at least $1,000 to both parties. AIPAC in this table is committee C00797670. Legal, disclosed, hard-capped. Super PACs and dark money are not in this number. Taking this money is common. The amount is the story. HippoCricket doesn't put this in the pond. FEC bulk committee-to-candidate (24K/24Z), cycles 2024+2026. Dual-party = PAC gave ≥$1,000 to Dems and ≥$1,000 to Republicans. AIPAC = C00797670 only. Download the PAC table.

Stock trading

S.Amdt. 1481 to S. 2038 — Brown amendment to prohibit financial conflicts of interest
What this was: Would have forced senators to sell individual stocks and dump conflicts of interest. Failed 26–73.
Senate · 2012
Force divestiture. Failed. Rejected 26–73, February 2, 2012.
Yea
Official roll call

Bills they sponsored · floor outcomes · not the pond

Bills and joint resolutions they sponsored since 2015 that passed or failed in a chamber. Sponsor only. Shown so you can see it. Bills never move the pond.

Sponsored 186 since 2015. 1 became law. 4 passed a chamber and did not become law. 0 failed a floor vote.

S. 5575 (118th Congress) — A bill to designate the Patsye Crites Forest.
Introduced Dec 17, 2024 · Passed Senate Dec 17, 2024 · Official record ↗
S. 3428 (117th Congress) — A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and submit a report on a civil nuclear credit program, and for other purposes.
Introduced Dec 16, 2021 · Passed Senate Dec 22, 2022 · Official record ↗
S. 3147 (116th Congress) — Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019
Introduced Dec 19, 2019 · Became law Dec 4, 2020 (Public Law 116-212) · Official record ↗
S. 1165 (115th Congress) — A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.
Introduced May 17, 2017 · Passed Senate Sep 7, 2017 · Official record ↗
S. 581 (115th Congress) — Jessie's Law
Introduced Mar 8, 2017 · Passed Senate Aug 3, 2017 · Official record ↗

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS (Library of Congress actions), pulled Oct 20, 2026. Provisions passed inside other bills are not counted.

Where they stand on the eight

A sourced vote always wins. Nothing is guessed.

Immigration & Border SecurityShown, not in the pond.Shown, not in the pond.
AbortionSupportedNo flipPro-life / restricting abortion
Gun Rights & Second AmendmentSupportedNo flipMore restrictions
Free Speech & CensorshipNo sourced recordNo sourced record
Taxes, Spending & DebtOpposedNo flipHigher taxes, especially on the wealthy
Energy PolicySupportedNo flipExpanded domestic and fossil-fuel production
Crime & PolicingYeaNo flip
Parental Rights & School ChoiceOpposedNo flipVoted Nay. Would let 529 accounts cover K–12 tuition, not just college.

Votes with own party

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Independent. No Democratic or Republican caucus to measure against. The rolls are on the file. Not a Thin Hippo. Not the pond.

Why this pond: No flip on the file. Never changed. The landmark votes are shown below.

We show what they said and what they did. The verdict is yours.

Recorded flips

Explained

Unexplained

Stance timeline by issue

Flips first

Each line is a sourced position. One banner is one flip on a landmark issue. Flips on other bills are listed in the Flips section, and Recorded flips counts both.