Switching Parties Mid-Election

Louisiana is known for its spicy food, cajun attitude, and hot steamy nights so it is only fitting that a firecracker of a political storm blew up on the third coast this election cycle. Seems US Representative Rodney Alexander decided to switch parties at the last possible moment making it almost impossible to run an opponent. First registering to run as a Democrat and then at the end of the same week, refiling to run as a Republican did not sit well with the Dems that were hoping to re-elect him. A judge has ruled that Lousiana must re-open the ballot to accomodate a viable Democrat in the election, but the whole situation has riled up a lot of voters who might end up casting a protest vote. Alexander has promised to return the money he raised to campaign while still running as a Dem.

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