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Seven political leaders switch parties in Hardin County
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Seven Hardin County leaders announced plans to switch party affiliation and leave the Democratic Party for the Republican Party.
Southeast Texas remains one of the last Democratic strongholds in the state, but those making the switch said Wednesday they believe we'll be seeing more of this shift in the coming years if Texas continues moving to the right and toward a conservative Republican majority.
Hardin County Judge Billy Caraway, Sheriff Ed Cain, County Attorney Rebecca Walton and other elected leaders stood before voters and the media in the Hardin County Courthouse to explain their reasons for changing political parties.
Most said they'd always carried Republican views, but in order to get elected in Hardin County they had to run as Democrats.
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