West Virginia State Senator Evan Jenkins Switches To GOP, Runs For Congress Against Nick Rahall
Today, Democrat West Virginia State Senator Evan Jenkins became a Republican and announced he’s running for Congress against Rep. Nick Rahall.
It appears that the views of President Obama, Rahall, and others in the Democrat Party were simply too much for Jenkins.
Here’s a sampling of some of the coverage today on Twitter:
Today I am leaving Barack Obama’s Democrat Party to run as a conservative against Nick Rahall for #WV‘s 3rd District. pic.twitter.com/bGYVQu6g5l
— Evan Jenkins (@EvanJenkinsWV) July 31, 2013
Pleased to welcome Evan Jenkins to the #GOP. West Virginians deserve better than Pres. Obama’s #WarOnCoal http://t.co/alr9FYzxGZ
— John Boehner (@johnboehner) July 31, 2013
“It makes me encouraged about #WV‘s future that we have people w/ principles like Evan Jenkins.” @MorriseyWV #wvpol pic.twitter.com/un1wW4uxrm
— William Ward Wyatt (@Ward_Wyatt) July 31, 2013
Evan Jenkins makes it official. Holding presser at 10:30 to announce party switch and Congressional run. Will be on Talkline at 11:06.
— Hoppy Kercheval (@HoppyKercheval) July 31, 2013
Happy to welcome West Virginia State Senator Evan Jenkins to the #GOP! http://t.co/Kmm7F3QzHY
— Kevin McCarthy (@kevinomccarthy) July 31, 2013
WV state legislator switches parties (to GOP) and announces he’s running against Rep. Rahall. http://t.co/oASN9eNDoL
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 31, 2013
WV Dem state Sen. Evan Jenkins switching to the GOP, will run as Republican vs. Rahall in #WV3 http://t.co/s3DMFu5unQ
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) July 31, 2013
.@EvanJenkinsWV welcome to the Republican Party, where we will always welcome more American energy jobs, not fight against them! #WV03
— Eric Cantor (@EricCantor) July 31, 2013