Rep. Parker Griffith (R-AL), who switched from the Democratic Party in December 2009, has been defeated in his Republican primary by Madison County Commissioner Mo Brooks. Griffith is now the second party-switcher to lose his new party’s primary this year, following Pennsylvania’s Republican-turned-Democratic Senator Arlen Specter.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=125716