Fourth Dem state legislator flips party this month

Democrats have lost another state legislator to the Republican Party, the fourth since mid-March.

Elliott Pritt, a freshman representative from West Virginia, announced Monday he would join the Republicans, saying he could “no longer continue supporting or advocating for issues that the vast majority of my constituents do not support.”

“There is very little room in the party for traditional values or differences regarding political opinion,” Pritt said in a letter to the state’s House Democratic Caucus.

[This should tell us something about political and cultural momentum in these states. — Ed]