Louisiana Democrat Switches Parties, Republican Majority Now 71 Seats

Louisiana Democrats lost another state House member to the Republican Party this week, the second in the last month to switch political parties. State Rep. Jeremy LaCombe, a Democrat elected in 2019 to a state House district, said he would be switching his party affiliation to Republican, according to a Monday report by The Advocate. Additionally, it was unclear initially what prompted LaCombe to switch parties since he did not give any reasons. However, this does come after the Republicans in the state House recently gained a supermajority in mid-March...