Did you not read the article?

This is the second time Republicans have tried to codify the bill, which passed in the House last year but failed in the Senate.

it’s long been an obsession of the GOP, which frames the practice as an existential threat to democracy.

Did you not look into the site that published the article?

The New Republic was founded in 1914 to bring liberalism into the modern era… face challenges that belong entirely to this age, from the climate crisis to Republicans hell-bent on subverting democratic governance.

This site, This article, and These comments are not made as a critique on the republican party and were never intended to be.

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List of party switchers in the United States

Democrats to Republican

2020–present

2020 – Jason Barrett, West Virginia state representative[136]
2020 – Kevin Horan, Mississippi state representative[137][138]
2021 – Mick Bates, West Virginia state delegate[139]
2021 – Ryan Guillen, Texas state representative[140]
2021 – John Jay Lee, mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada[141]
2021 – Vernon Jones, former Georgia state representative[142]
2021 – Jon Ray Lancaster, Mississippi state representative[143]
2021 – Inna Vernikov, future New York City councilmember[144]
2022 – Elaine Beech, former Alabama state representative[145]
2022 – Alec Brook-Krasny, New York state assemblymember[146]
2022 – Glenn Jeffries, West Virginia state senator
2022 – Ari Kagan, New York City councilmember[147]
2023 – Dov Hikind, former New York state assemblymember[148]
2023 – Tricia Cotham, North Carolina state representative[149]
2023 – Eric Johnson, mayor of Dallas, Texas[150]
2023 – Jeremy LaCombe, Louisiana state representative[151]
2023 – Mesha Mainor, Georgia state representative[152]
2023 – Elliott Pritt, West Virginia state delegate[153]
2023 – Francis C. Thompson, Louisiana state representative[154]
2024 – Marie Alvarado-Gil, California state senator[155]
2024 – Todd Blanche, United States Deputy Attorney General (2025–present)
2024 – Matthew Coker, New Hampshire state representative[156]
2024 – Sherry Gould, New Hampshire state representative[157]
2024 – Mike McDonnell, Nebraska state senator
2024 – Gabriel Ramos, former New Mexico state senator, later re-elected New Mexico state senator[158]
2024 – John S. Rodgers, former Vermont state senator, later lieutenant governor of Vermont (2025–present)[159]
2024 – Gloria Romero, former California state senator[160]
2024 – Doug Skaff, former West Virginia state delegate
2024 – Shawn Thierry, Texas state representative[161]
2024 – Susan Valdes, Florida state representative[162]
2024 – Hillary Cassel, Florida state representative
2025 - Lindy Li, political commentator and campaign operative[163]
2025 - David Pascoe, South Carolina First Circuit Solicitor (2005-Present)[164]

Republicans to Democrats (for comparison)

2020–present

2020 – Frank Aguilar, member of the Cook County board of commissioners. Previously an Illinois state representative[338]
2021 – Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction (2015–2023) and 2022 Democratic gubernatorial nominee[339]
2021 – William Marsh, New Hampshire state representative[340]
2021 – Jennifer McCormick, former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction (2017–2021)[341]
2022 – Jim Leach, former U.S. representative from Iowa (1977–2007)[342]
2022 – Kevin Priola, Colorado state senator[343]
2023 – Michelle Henry, attorney general of Pennsylvania (2023–2025)[344]
2023 – Samuel D. Thompson, New Jersey state senator[345]