Florida state Rep. Susan Valdés, who was just re-elected as a Democrat last month, announced that she’s switching her party affiliation to Republican.
“I will not waste my final two years in the Florida Legislature being ignored in a caucus whose leadership expects me to ignore the needs of my community,” the newly-minted Republican said in a statement.
“Effective immediately, I will change my registration from a Democrat to Republican and will join the Republican Conference in the Florida House of Representatives,” she noted. “I know that I won’t agree with my fellow Republican House members on every issue, but I know that in their caucus, I will be welcomed and treated with respect.”
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Her switch comes on the heels of a bid for the role of Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee chair.
“While it remains disturbingly unclear whether she was entertaining the switch to become a Republican even as she was …