PA: Northampton Co. Council President Kerry Myers swaps parties, will mount GOP write-in campaign
EASTON, Pa. — Saying he was the victim of political machinations, Northampton County Council President Kerry Myers announced Wednesday that he has switched political parties and will seek re-election as a Republican.
Myers, a lifelong Democrat before the announcement at the Northampton County Courthouse, said hours after he was sworn in as the first Black person to serve as council president in January he learned he would face a Democratic challenger in the primary.
He accused county Executive Lamont McClure of trying to push him out of office for not being a "yes man."
"It seemed like I was not playing well in the sandbox. If you're not playing well in the sandbox, you're getting moved out," Myers said.
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