California Senator Switches Parties from Democrat to Republican

a surprise move a state senator has switched parties from Democrat to Republican and going from the Democratic majority to the Republican minority with her move there are now 31 Democrats in California State Senate and nine Republicans here's a look at her District it includes the Sierra and Central Valley so why switch from Democrat to Republican well first and foremost it was the right thing to do I've been a Democrat my whole adult life my first vote as an 18-year-old new voter was as a Democrat and I'll just tell you Alec the Democratic party of today is not the Democratic party that I signed up with as a new voter it has changed the pendulum has swung so far to the left that it has disengaged from what true Californians value our middle class values our families our diversity in California and frankly I just could not support an ideology over the will of the people