# Republicans Gain Historic Power After Louisiana Democrat Switches Parties

- Link: https://weltzin.me/republicans-gain-historic-power-after-louisiana-democrat-switches-parties/
- Published: 2023-03-20T17:48:06-06:00
- Author: JT

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> The longest-serving Democrat in the Louisiana state legislature, Francis Thompson
> is switching to the GOP giving Republicans a super majority in Baton Rouge for
> the first time in the state’s history. On Friday, the Louisiana GOP put out a 
> press release that Thompson was switching parties, giving them a 70-vote supermajority.
> He was first elected […]

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