[Soul Seeker]

The freshman lawmaker currently represents Randolph County and a portion of Sharp County in northeastern Arkansas. Her district, however, was redrawn under a plan recently approved by the Arkansas Board of Apportionment that puts her in the same district with another incumbent, Rep. Lori Benedict, R-Salem, starting with the 2012 election cycle.

The woman is switching parties because the newly redrawn district encompasses areas belonging to an incumbent Republican. Since she switched I'd guess it leans more conservative or Republican. This is politics and nothing more.

[Arkinsaw]

Actually, I think she is the state co-chair of ALEC in Arkansas. A conservative organization.

People probably need to do just a tiny bit of Googling before making judgments on such a party switch.