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State of Florida Rep. Susan Valdés, who was just re-elected as a Democrat last month, announced that she will change her party affiliation to Republican.
“I will not waste my last 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 Democrat to Republican and join the Republican Conference in the Florida House of Representatives,” he noted. “I know I won’t agree with my Republican House colleagues on every issue, but I know that in their caucus, I will be welcomed and treated with respect.”
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Florida State Rep. Susan Valdés (myfloridahouse.gov)
His change comes after a bid for the position of chairman of the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee.
“While it’s still not clearly troubling whether she entertained the switch to become a Republican even as she ran to lead the local party, ultimately it’s her constituents in the 64th District who have the most reason to be upset and betrayed,” said the Hillsborough County Democrat. Party Chairwoman Vanessa Lester said in a statement shared on the Hillsborough County Democratic Party Facebook page. “They voted for a Democrat to fight for them and ended up with a political opportunist who abandoned them.”
Sunshine State Government Ron DeSantis welcomed the congresswoman to the Republican Party, declaring in a post on X: “Welcome to the GOP, Rep. Valdés! Congrats to Speaker @Daniel_PerezFL on the largest Republican majority in Florida House history!” the governor added.
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Left: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference to speak in opposition to Amendment 4, which would limit government interference with abortion in Florida at The Grove Bible Chapel in Winter Garden, Florida; Right: The elephant, symbol of the Republican Party, placed on a carpet in the lobby of the Republican Party headquarters in Washington. (Left: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images; Right: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)
Valdes praised former President Jimmy Carter as “my hero!” in a publish to X earlier this year while wishing the 100-year-old Democrat a happy birthday.
“I’m just trying to vote for Kamala Harris,” the former president told his son Chip, according to grandson Jason Carter, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported earlier this year.
In an October Facebook post, Valdés wrote: “I pray you can see his inauguration, President Jimmy Carter.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris during the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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