Georgia Lawmaker Switches to Republican After Feuding With Former Democrat Colleagues Over School Choice, Policing

A member of the Georgia state House of Representatives has switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, after breaking with her former party over issues like school choice and policing.
“My name is Rep. Meisha Mainor and today I made the decision to leave the Democrat Party,” Ms. Mainor wrote on Twitter Tuesday. “I represent a blue district in the city of Atlanta so this wasn’t a political decision for me. It was a MORAL one. I will NEVER apologize for being a black woman with a mind of my own.”
Ms. Mainor’s break with the Democratic Party came amid a disagreement over school choice legislation and support for police funding. Earlier this year Mainor was the only Democrat who voted for a bill that would have created $6,500 vouchers for students at schools performing in the bottom 25 percent of the state to help pay for private school tuition or homeschooling. The bill ultimately failed after enough Republicans joined the rest of the House Democrats who voted against the voucher system….}