Broward’s top Republican official to switch parties

[CatWoman]

So, what's up with this??

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-902cmarkham,0,5552570.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

By Buddy Nevins
Political Writer
Posted September 2 2003

Broward County Property Appraiser William "Bill" Markham, who was elected in 1968 at the high-water mark of Republican power in Broward and today is the lone GOP countywide officeholder, intends to become a Democrat this week, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel has learned.

Markham's conversion is a major coup for the Democratic Party, which has had little good news since 2000 when the presidential recount in Florida gave the election to George W. Bush. Although the state Republican Party does not keep statistics, a GOP spokesman in Tallahassee said Markham may be the longest-serving Republican in Florida. He has held the same office for more than 34 years.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

1. A new publican mole in Florida?

They were smart to send a few publicans over to the Democratic party right before the last election.

[SoFlaJets]

3. yea like Supervisor of Elections Theresa Lepore

who conveniently switched to the GOP AFTER the 2000 debacle.It was a great smokescreen for them to be able to say"Well Lepore is a dem-SHE created the ballot that dems couldn't figure out"

[FlaGranny]

4. I believe Lepore was registered as a Republican,

switched to Democrat and then after the 2000 elections, changed to Independent. I could be wrong, but I think that's the correct sequence of events.

[davidinalameda]

2. I hope his father in law is rolling in his grave

Governor Rhodes was Mr. Republican in Ohio

I'm glad to see anyone join the Democratic Party.


The more the merrier!

[onehandle]

5. Easy...

He'll lose his job as a Republican, so he becomes a Democrat. Not the first time this has happened. Not the last.

I say run a real Democrat against him and throw his ass out.