Shocker: Vic Snyder Bows Out! (Updated)
Here, Arkansas: Heres your political holy shit moment of the dayDemocratic Rep. Vic Snyder of the Second Congressional District announces hell retire. Full statement at jump. Republican Tim...
View ArticleDem. Rep. Snyder Opts Out of Ark. Congress Race
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder of Arkansas says he won't seek re-election to an eighth term. The 62-year-old says he wants to spend more time with his wife and four young...
View ArticleGeorgia's congressional Democrats feeling new heat (Voted YES, now Regret)
WASHINGTON -- Like the rest of the Democratic Party, Georgia's congressional Democrats are feeling shock waves from the stunning Republican win in Massachusetts. Some Democratic U.S. House members...
View ArticleArkansas Rep. Marion Berry to retire
Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow morning, according to three sources briefed on the decision. Berry will become the sixth Democrat in a competitive seat to...
View ArticleCNN: Blanche Lincoln (D) To Announce Retirement Tomorrow? Announcement In The...
uh-oh another major Dem retirement? RT @blanche4senate Stay tuned for an important campaign announcement tomorrow morning. - ed henry CNN VIA TWITTER Blanche Lincoln's site says announcement coming in...
View ArticleThe Dixiecrat Myth
The left is quite annoyed that myself and others dare link the racist, segregationist past in this country to Democrats, at that flies in the face of everything they claim to champion, when it comes to...
View ArticleState Rep. Scott Bounds switches from Democrat to Republican (Mississippi)
JACKSON, Miss. A Mississippi House member has switched from Democrat to Republican. The Clarion-Ledger reports that Rep. Scott Bounds announced his decision during a news conference Monday at...
View ArticleGOP rides wave to control every statewide office (Georgia)
Georgia Republicans on Tuesday finished the job they started in 2002: consolidating control of state government by sweeping every major statewide office. For the first time since Reconstruction the...
View ArticleGOP has sights set on taking over state Legislature (Mississippi)
GULFPORT First it was Congress and next it will be the state Legislature, Brad White, chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, said Wednesday after Tuesdays GOP sweep in midterm U.S. House...
View ArticleDemocratic South finally falls
For Democrats in the South, the most ominous part of a disastrous year may not be what happened on Election Day but what has happened in the weeks since. After suffering a historic rout in which...
View ArticleUpdated: Two black Democrats bolt party for GOP
Two African-American Democrats on Thursday announced that they were joining the Republican Party. Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell and former state executive committee member Andre Walker said the...
View ArticleTwo House Democrats' defections give Republicans supermajority in Texas...
AUSTIN -- Two Democrats in the Texas House announced Tuesday they are switching to the Republican Party in move that gives the GOP a supermajority in the chamber. Rep. Aaron Pena of Edinburg appeared...
View Article3 elected Mississippi Democrats switch to GOP (State Senator, State...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) 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...
View Article2 Mississippi House Democrats announce switch to Republican Party
JACKSON, Miss. Two Mississippi lawmakers switched from Democrat to Republican on Thursday but said the new party affiliation won't change the way they vote because they've already been siding with...
View ArticleYet Another Party Switch: State Rep. Bubba Chaney Newest Louisiana Republican
The latest refugee is State Rep. Bubba Chaney of Rayville, who made his switch official today. With Chaneys move, there are now 53 Republicans, 47 Democrats and four independents in the House, with...
View ArticleLawmaker from central Louisiana becomes latest Democratic defection to the...
BATON ROUGE, La. A state lawmaker from central Louisiana has become the latest member of the Louisiana House to leave the Democratic Party for the GOP. Rep. Billy Chandler, of Dry Prong, announced...
View ArticleState senator, Norby Chabert, jumps from Democratic Party to Republicans...
BATON ROUGE, La. A Houma area state senator Monday became the Louisiana Legislature's newest party switcher to the Republicans. Sen. Norby Chabert, a first-term senator from Little Caillou, announced...
View ArticleOnly Democrat on Ala. Supreme Court to resign
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb announced in a news conference Wednesday morning that she will resign her position in August. She is the only Democrat on the...
View ArticleAlabama Democrats Use Bill Maher for Fundraising
The Democratic party continues its bold stand against hateful rhetoric, such as the C-word, this time in Alabama: An Evening with Bill Maher March 17, 2012 Chairmans Reception at 7pm Performance at...
View ArticleSeven Mississippi democrats turn republican (Obama inspires party switches)
Seven former democrats are now with the ranks of the republican party after making their formal switch Wednesday. Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef said since democrats took control of...
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