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Another Democrat Officially Leaves Party, Joins Republicans

Charlie Kirk Staff

05/31/2025

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Another Democrat Officially Leaves Party, Joins Republicans

A Kentucky senator has officially announced that she has left the Democratic Party and joined the Republicans.

State Sen. Robin Webb said she made the decision because “the party left me,” Fox News reported.

“First and foremost, I’m a mother, a rancher and a lawyer with deep personal and professional roots in Kentucky’s coal country,” the senator said. “As the Democratic Party continues its lurch to the left and its hyperfocus on policies that hurt workforce and economic development in my region, I no longer feel it represents my values.

“It has become untenable and counterproductive to the best interests of my constituents for me to remain a Democrat,” Webb said.

“While it’s cliché, it’s true: I didn’t leave the party — the party left me,” she said.

The news was celebrated by Robert Benvenuti, Chairman of the Republican Party of Kentucky.

“Like countless other Kentuckians, [Webb] has recognized that the policies and objectives of today’s Democratic Party are simply not what they once were, and do not align with the vast majority of Kentuckians,” Benvenuti said.

“I always respected that [Webb] approached issues in a very thoughtful and commonsense manner, and that she never failed to keenly focus on what was best for her constituents,” the chairman said.

“It is my pleasure to welcome Sen. Robin Webb to the Republican Party,” he said.

But Kentucky Democratic Party Chair Colmon Elridge did not have kind words for Webb, who he said is “not a Democrat,” which is factually correct since she left the party.

“Senator Webb has chosen to join a political party that is currently working around the clock to take health care away from over a million Kentuckians, wipe out our rural hospitals, take food off the table of Kentucky families and take resources away from our public schools,” the chair said to Fox News Digital.

“If those are her priorities, then we agree: she isn’t a Democrat,” he said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

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