2 Mississippi House Democrats announce switch to Republican Party

The Republic ^ | 1/20/11 | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS

[LdSentinal]

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 the GOP on many issues.

Reps. Margaret Rogers of New Albany and Russ Nowell of Louisville announced their switch Thursday during a news conference at the state Republican Party headquarters in Jackson.

With the changes, there are now 53 Republicans and 68 Democrats in the state House of Representatives, with one vacant seat.

[FreeAtlanta]

They should prove they are up to the challenge and both introduce and co-sponsor bills to require presidential candidates to prove their constitutional eligibility to be on the 2012 and future presidential ballots.

Make them prove they are not RINOs.

[SoFloFreeper]

Ballotpedia info on Margaret:
http://ballotpedia.com/wiki/index.php/Margaret_Rogers

Ballotpedia info on Russ:
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Russ_Nowell