A Democratic state senator from California has switched her party affiliation to Republican, she announced Thursday.
Now-Republican state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil suggested she was dismayed by the state’s Democratic supermajority.
“Since I’ve served in our state’s Capitol, I’ve had a front-row seat to witness the supermajority push California in the wrong direction, having a grave effect on our once golden state,” she said. “I cannot stand by a party that ignores the will of the people and disregards the core American values that my very community supports and believes in.”
Alvarado-Gil gave her first interview on Thursday night, saying she switched despite being a Democrat her whole life.
“It was the right thing to do,” she said. “I’ve been a Democrat my who …