State Rep. Bubber Epps Become Latest Ga. Democrat to Defect
ATHENS, Ga. - The Democratic defections continue in the Georgia Legislature.
State Rep. Bubber Epps on Monday became the latest Democratic state lawmaker to switch his allegiance to the Republican Party. Epps, of Dry Branch, was introduced by House Speaker David Ralston at a GOP caucus meeting at the legislature's biennial meeting in Athens.
Epps is the eighth Democratic state lawmaker to switch sides since the Nov. 2 general election. Republicans now hold 113 seats in the 180-member House. Democrats control 64 seats, there is one independent and two seats are open.
The GOP needs 120 seats for a supermajority in the chamber.
Epps represents parts of Bibb, Jones, Twiggs and Wilkinson counties.
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