3 Mississippi Democrats switch to GOP
Three elected Mississippi Democrats announced Tuesday they are switching to the Republican Party, a move Republicans described as a victory for the GOP and a rebuke of Democratic Party ideology.
State Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, state Rep. Bobby Shows and Simpson County Superintendent of Education Joe Welch announced the changes in their party affiliation during a news conference Tuesday at Mississippi Republican Party headquarters in Jackson.
The party switches don’t shift the balance of power in either house of the state Legislature, but GOP officials said it’s part of continuing trend in Mississippi and beyond. At least 17 elected Democrats in Mississippi have defected to the GOP in the past two years, Mississippi GOP Chairman Brad White said.
AP
12/28/10
Magnolia Tribune
