Joe Manchin has just announced that he won’t seek reelection in the US Senate and has other plans to travel the country and ‘unite the middle’.

One reporter suggests this announcement “will only stoke speculation that he wants to run for President on the No Labels ticket.”

Below is Manchin’s announcement:

This will open up his Senate seat that hopefully Republicans can easily pick up with Governor Jim Justice’s candidacy. He was already slated to beat Manchin next year and that may be a big reason Manchin has decided to give up now.