Ratings change: Van Drew going Republican tilts NJ race to GOP

As if impeachment wasn’t providing enough news, New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drewdecided to switch parties. Even though it’s not quite official, more than half of his staff resigning should be a significant clue.

His decision changes the partisan makeup in the House by one seat without fundamentally altering the 2020 fight for the majority.

Van Drew was facing pressure from the left for not being progressive enough and pressure from the right because he represents a district Donald Trump carried in 2016, with votes on two articles of impeachment on the horizon. So the congressman has told colleagues and aides he will switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.