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Manchin, who is running for reelection in a state Trump won by more than 40 percentage points, is set to meet with nominee Brett Kavanaugh next Monday, a Manchin spokesman confirmed.

Kavanaugh has been meeting with senators as he works to lock down the 50 votes he'll need to be confirmed to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy, but he has only met with Republicans so far.

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No other Democratic senator has announced that they are scheduled to meet with Kavanaugh.





Heitkamp told reporters on Monday that she did not yet have a meeting scheduled, and Donnelly said he planned to meet with Kavanaugh "at some point" but did not have a sit-down on the books. Both Heitkamp and Donnelly, like Manchin, are running for reelection in November in states won by Trump during the 2016 presidential election.

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) said while he wanted to meet with Kavanaugh, he would wait until after the Judiciary Committee hearing that is expected to take place in late August or early September.

Meanwhile, top Democrats are holding off meeting with Kavanaugh until they make progress on negotiations with Republicans on getting access to his past documents.

Democrats are demanding work from his time in the Bush-era White House and work as a Clinton-era political operative be handed over as part of their review of his record.

"It's fine. He can — everybody can do what they want," she said. "That's the nice thing about this place, most of the time."