Watch for GOP defections

by kos
Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 03:42:28 PM PST

Connecticut state Rep. Diana Urban abandons dying New England GOP two weeks after being reelected as a Republican.

More proof that New England Republicans are in danger of taking up permanent residence at the margins comes this morning when a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives switches from Republican to Democrat. North Stonington Republican Diana Urban, elected to a fourth term two weeks ago, often voted with Democrats in the legislature. Her departure from the ranks of the GOP reduces their number to 44 of 151.

This won't be the last Republican to switch parties over the next couple of years.
Party defections decimated Democrats in the South a few decades ago. Now, it's Republicans' turn.

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