Base bails on Democrats in droves

The once-dominant party holds 85 of 236 seats in the House and Senate, Democrats’ lowest ebb since Reconstruction. And the number has been slipping.

Since the November election when the party lost control of all statewide offices, nine Democratic legislators have become Republicans, including Athens Rep। Doug McKillip, who switched less than a month after his colleagues elected him chairman of the House Democrats.


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