Judge makes historic party switch By BRETT TROXLER btroxler@wbrz.com 2theadvocate.com staff From a report by WBRZ's Summer Jackson A black judge in Baton Rouge announced Wednesday he is switching his political affiliation to the Republican Party. A spokesman for the GOP said Lavergne's switch (first name not given) is the first time in the modern era that a black elected official made such a change. Lavergne said the way he looks at it, he did not leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left him. "If you are labeled a Democrat you will be for more taxes, more spending by...