Samuel Ronan, a former Democratic state and national candidate, attempted to run as a Republican in Ohio’s 15th Congressional District against GOP incumbent Rep. Mike Carey. To do so, he signed a declaration of candidacy — under penalty of election falsification — swearing he was a member of the Republican Party. [More]
Stephen and Ranjit oughta love this guy.
To be fair, “the Republican Party” usually has NO control over who is or isn’t a “member.” Some random Secretary of State does. Did you go online and change your registration from D to R? Congratulations you are now a “member” of the Republican Party. If this exact script had played out in AZ, the GOP would be up the creek with no recourse.