JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Mayor Rusty Quave of D'Iberville, Miss., switched his party affiliation Monday to Republican.
With Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour at his side, Quave said he was honored to have found a proper home for his views.
"I have served the citizens of D'Iberville as mayor for the past 12 years with a conservative attitude and strong emphasis on economic development and quality of life," Quave said.
Quave's decision comes just days after members of the Democratic National Committee elected former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean to be the party's national chairman.
The number of Mississippi's Republican elected officials continues to increase and is now higher than at any other time in recent memory, a spokesman for the Mississippi GOP said.
