Joe Manchin targeted by millions of dollars in ad buys from all sides

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Fox News

The Democrats haven't passed President Biden's Build Back Better plan – but West Virginia has been seeing a boost in at least one sector of the state's economy, thanks to efforts by all sides to influence U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin.

Media outlets in the Mountain State have benefited from ad buys totaling $10 million between September and the end of last year, from both Republicans and Democrats, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail. 

More ad money is being spent on other platforms, the report added.

Manchin, a moderate Democrat, has enjoyed an outsized influence in the Senate since Biden took office, with the Democrats holding a razor-thin 50-50 majority (including two independents who caucus with Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris as a tie-breaker).