Could a Republican state senator actually switch parties and flip control of the chamber? I hadn’t really thought about it until I read this piece from Steve Harrison at WFAE, but stranger things have certainly happened in North Carolina politics.
My older readers undoubtedly remember the shenanigans that went on the last time control of the General Assembly was up for grabs. In 2003, Republican Michael Decker switched his party affiliation to Democrat to let Speaker Jim Black maintain control of the state House in exchange for some money and a job for his son. Both Black & Decker went to prison.
I’m not saying a corrupt deal like that is likely again. But the chances of a Republican switching parties could happen for more mundane reasons, like spite or a committee chairmanship.
It’s still mind-blowing to me that this is even a topic of conversation in North Carolina right now, but here we are.
The WFAE article cites an absolute banger of a subtweet from former Rep. David Lewis, who memo…
