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Article: Libertarian Dade County leader rejoins Republicans.
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- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2006
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Byline: Ruth Finch
Jul. 21--TRENTON, Ga. -- Georgia's only Libertarian to be elected in a contested partisan race, and the only one who is a top elected official in one of the state's 159 counties, is no longer a Libertarian.
Dade County Executive Ben Brandon announced that he is switching back to the Republican Party -- the Republican Liberty Caucus, to be exact, he said.
"It's essentially the Libertarian wing of the Republican Party," Mr. Brandon said. After unsuccessful bids as a Republican for county school board and then the Dade County Commission, Mr. Brandon switched to the Libertarian Party in 2002, he said. Then in 2004, he was ...