From nola.com:

The most recent migration started even before voters went to the polls, when interim Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle bolted the Democratic Party for the GOP. Soon afterwards came word that veteran state Sen. John Alario is strongly considering making the same move. Rookie state Rep. Walker Hines, meanwhile, made his switch official. Others are rumored to be not so far behind.

The road these three are traveling was paved by a number of other Louisiana politicians over the years, from former U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin to former Gov. Buddy Roemer to current state Treasurer John Kennedy. But Angelle, Alario and Hines aren’t really following Tauzin, Roemer and Kennedy. It’s more that they’re following the voters.

What’s interesting about the latest crop of potential and actual party switchers is that none fits the stereotype of a classic conservative.

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