Francis Thomas was first elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1975 as a Democrat. He eventually became a state Senator then got elected (as a commiecrat) in 2020. But Thompson sees the writing on the walls about the communist Democrat party and has switched parties from Democrat to Republican, giving Republicans a super-majority in the Louisiana House of Representatives for the first time in history!
A Louisiana state representative has switched parties, giving the Republican Party its first supermajority in both governing bodies.
Longtime Democrat Representative Francis Thompson has served Northeast Louisiana for fifty years. The 81-year-old lawmaker changed his party registration to Republican on Friday, March 17, making him the 70th Republican member of the state House. Republicans had already held a supermajority in the state Senate.
In a statement, Thompson said the current Democrat leadership, both statewide and nationally, no longer lined up with his morals and values as a practitioner of the Christian faith.
The move comes after Thompson crossed the aisle in 2021 to join Republicans in calling for a veto override session, which would have been a first for the southern state. Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards rejected a slate of bills which included one that would have banned boys who identify as girls from competing in school sports. Another eased concealed carry restrictions for handgun owners.
The veto on the transgender issue ultimately failed.