Angelina County Officials Change Parties
Posted/updated on: January 9, 2011 at 4:42 pm
LUFKIN (AP) — Five Angelina County elected officials have switched from the Democratic to Republican Party.
The Lufkin Daily News reported Friday that the district clerk, county clerk, tax assessor/collector, Precinct 1 commissioner and Precinct 3 constable all announced the switch in a signed statement released by the local GOP. The five said that the Democratic Party “no longer reflects our values and our conservative principles — it moved, we have not.”
The decision comes just two months after the GOP swept every contested race on the East Texas county’s ballot.
County Democratic Party Chairman Jim Wark said all five should resign and run again as Republicans. He said none informed him in advance of the party switch.
