July 20th 2023.
Mesha Mainor, a Georgia legislator, has recently made headlines for her switch to the Republican party. This split from the Democratic party came after Mainor found herself in disagreement with them on several issues, including her support for an unpopular school choice voucher program and her refusal to defund the police.
Mainor was on record as recently as April 2021 stating that she would never switch political parties, telling Axios: “I don’t think I vote with Republicans. I vote for what my constituency needs. No party has all the answers.” Mainor went on to say “I’m not the only one. People are afraid of Josh McLaurin putting $1,000 checks on the table.” McLaurin allegedly offered $1,000 to any Democrat who would run against Mainor in the next election.
Mainor has become the first female Black Republican from Georgia in the party’s history, and her new party affiliation has been backed up by her Twitter posts. One recent tweet reads “I didn’t leave the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party left ME when it embraced left-wing radicalism, lawlessness, and put the interests of illegal aliens over the interest of Americans. I have nothing to apologize for.” Mainor also tweeted “This wasn’t a political decision for me. It was a MORAL one.” “I will NEVER apologize for being a black woman with a mind of my own.”
According to the Associated Press, Mainor’s switch to the Republican party may be driven by a more personal matter. In 2022, Mainor sued Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr, Fulton Country District Attorney Fani Willis, and Fulton County. Mainor claimed her civil rights were violated by an ex-campaign worker who stalked her and that Arrington and Willis did not thoroughly investigate the situation. Judge Sarah Geraghty dismissed the case in March 2023, leaving Mainor to serve out the rest of her term as a Democratic representative in a strongly Democratic district. Mainor won the 2021 election with 60% of the vote.
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