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|name=Joseph Manchin
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|party=[[Democrat]]
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|spouse=Gayle Conelly
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|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
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{{Officeholder/senator
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|state=West Virginia
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|terms=November 15, 2010-Present
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|preceded=[[Carte Goodwin]]
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|former=n
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|succeeded=
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{{Officeholder/governor
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|number=34th
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|state=West Virginia
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|terms=January 17, 2005 – November 15, 2010
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|preceded=[[Bob Wise]]
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|former=y
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|succeeded=[[Earl Ray Tomblin]]
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{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
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|of=State
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|state=West Virginia
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|number=27th
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|deputy=n
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|governor=[[Bob Wise]]
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|terms=January 15, 2001 – January 17, 2005
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|preceded=Ken Hechler
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|former=y
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|succeeded=Betty Ireland
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'''Joseph Manchin''' was elected in November 2010 as the United States Senator from [[West Virginia]], filling the seat formerly held by the late [[Robert Byrd]].  Because Manchin was filling a vacant seat in a special election, he was sworn in almost immediately and then participated in the [[lame duck]] session of [[Congress]] prior to 2011.
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Manchin portrayed himself as a [[conservative]] in order to be elected, campaigning against the positions of the [[Democratic Party]] leadership on:
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*[[cap and trade]]
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*[[gun control]]
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*Bush tax cuts
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Manchin was previously the Governor of West Virginia.
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[[Category:United States Senators]]
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[[Category:West Virginia Governors]]
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[[Category:Democratic Governors]]
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[[Category:111th United States Congress]]
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[[Category:112th United States Congress]]
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[[Category:113th United States Congress]]