{"id":112342,"date":"2018-12-29T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T21:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112342"},"modified":"2018-12-30T07:41:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T11:41:54","slug":"democrats-deceitful-election-strategy-run-candidates-as-republicans-in-red-districts-and-then-switch-parties-after-the-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112342","title":{"rendered":"Democrat’s Deceitful Election Strategy: Run Candidates as Republicans in Red Districts and then Switch Parties After the Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two female Kansas lawmakers betray voters; ran as \u2018Republicans\u2019 just to get in and switch parties<\/h1>\n

Frieda Powers
\nBPR<\/p>\n

Some Kansas lawmakers who were elected to office as Republicans have announced they will switch their party affiliation and register as Democrats.<\/p>\n

Sen. Dinah Sykes and Rep. Stephanie Clayton made their announcements via Facebook posts, after voters had already made their decisions, joining\u00a0Sen. Barbara Bollier who also left the Republican Party earlier this month,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to The Wichita Eagle.<\/p>\n

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(Images: Senator Dinah Sykes, Representative Stephanie Clayton)<\/p><\/div>\n

As the House reconvenes next month, Clayton \u2013 a lifelong Republican \u2013 will be returning to serve her constituents as a Democrat, presumably without asking their permission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI first ran for office in 2010, when my daughter was in first grade, because of the lack of stable funding for public education,\u201d\u00a0Clayton, who has served in the Kansas Legislature for the 19th District since 2013, said in a Facebook\u00a0post<\/a>\u00a0where she made her announcement.<\/p>\n