From a N.Y. Times story about New Jersey Democratic Congressman Jeff Van Drew
November:
“I am absolutely not changing,” Mr. Van Drew said, stating his lifelong position as a moderate Democrat.
December:
(He) told aides on Saturday that he is planning to switch parties and declare himself a Republican as soon as next week, just as the House is casting its historic votes on articles of impeachment.
and... the Times reports:
Mr. Van Drew would hardly be the first political moderate to change parties ahead of what could be a difficult election. In December of 2009, then-Representative Parker Griffith of Alabama, a freshman who was elected as a Democrat, became a Republican. But Mr. Griffith, with no Republican president in office to vouch for him, lost his primary the following year.
I don't need to tell anyone there is a big difference between New Jersey and Alabama (I have lived in both states...the last 43 years in Alabama.)
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