Ex-Demo­c­rat reveals why he ditched par­ty and is run­ning as Repub­li­can in blue strong­hold

Ex-Democrat reveals why he ditched party and is running as Republican in blue stronghold

Mic­ah Jones, a for­mer self-described JFK Demo­c­rat-turned-Repub­li­can, hopes to cap­i­tal­ize on a “once-in-a-life­time” oppor­tu­ni­ty as he looks to flip Mass­a­chu­setts’ 6th Con­gres­sion­al District.“The last time this seat was open was 47 years ago,” Jones said.“I think that Mass­a­chu­setts suf­fers when we have a one-par­ty con­gres­sion­al del­e­ga­tion that, in my opin­ion, is less inclined to work across the aisle than rep­re­sen­ta­tives of oth­er states.“Jones’s cam­paign is a bet that the district’s inde­pen­dent vot­ers — and maybe some Democ­rats — will see the ben­e­fit Mass­a­chu­setts could reap from hav­ing even just one Repub­li­can rep­re­sen­ta­tive. Cou­pled with the prece­dent of the occa­sion­al Repub­li­can suc­cess is the B …