RIPLEY, Miss.- On Tuesday you may have voted for Representative Jody Steverson as a Democrat, but that changed today. After serving Ripley for 4 years as a Democrat, Mississippi Representative Steverson has made the switch over to the Republican Party.
This switch now gives the Republican Party 73 of the 122 seats in the Mississippi House, getting them a step closer to the 74 votes needed to have a three-fifths supermajority.
This growing advantage for the Republicans comes after Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said Wednesday that he has invited Democrats to switch their parties.
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