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IADEMO2004

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Tue Jun 7, 2016, 05:56 PM Jun 2016

State senator goes from GOP to No Party. From Steve King District no less!! [View all]

http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/iowa-senator-suspends-his-republican-membership-over-trump-remarks/article_c7795d83-d60e-5745-8c64-19409d830571.html

Sen. David Johnson, 65, R-Ocheyedan, said he changed his voter registration from Republican to no party on Iowa's primary election day Tuesday, although he added his independent status could be temporary depending on how the 2016 campaign unfolds.

"I will not stand silent if the party of Lincoln and the end of slavery buckles under the racial bias of a bigot," Johnson said in a statement that he indicated was a reference to Trump.
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