Democrats were dealt another blow Monday.
West Virginia Del. Elliott Pritt has left the Democrat party and joined Republicans, becoming the fourth Democrat lawmaker to make the switch in two months.
Pritt’s move takes the 100-member House of Delegates from 88 Republicans to 89, leaving only 11 Democratic House members.
As Breaking Digest reported Louisiana State Rep. Jeremy LaCombe left the Democrat party and registered Republican.
North Carolina State Rep. Tricia Cotham switched to the Republican party earlier this month.
Louisiana State Rep. Francis Thompson also switched to the Republican party, which gave the GOP a supermajority.
The WVGOP Chairwoman, Elgine McArdle, announced that Del. Pritt was joining the Republican party.
Breitbart reported:
West Virginia Democrat Lawmaker Elliott Pritt Switches Parties
The Republican supermajority in West Virginia’s House of Delegates grew bigger on Monday after first-term Del. Elliott Pritt switched to the Republican Party, making him the fourth Democrat to change parties nationwide in less than two months.
West Virginia Republican Party broke the news by releasing a statement from the state party chair, Elaine McArdle, saying Pritt will register as a Republican.
“I want to welcome Delegate Elliott Pritt to the Republican Party. Like so many West Virginians, Delegate Pritt has recognized that the Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with,” McArdle stated.
Pritt’s seat was a pick-up for the Democrats after he defeated a Republican incumbent in the 2022 election. His switch gives the Republicans 89 members in the House, shrinking Democrats down to 11.
CBS News reported that his decision to switch parties was accounted for in the West Virginia Legislature’s official House roster by late morning.
