Posted on 06/15/2015 3:43:30 PM PDT by Impy
Joe Baca, a longtime Democrat who represented San Bernardino County citizens for more than 30 years as a trustee for the San Bernardino Community College District, an assemblyman, state senator and congressman, is now a registered Republican.
Baca, 68, of Fontana, changed his party affiliation on June 2, said Melissa Eickman, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Elections Office.
Prior to making the switch, Baca had been a registered Democrat in San Bernardino County since January 1976, Eickman said.
Baca said Friday he and his wife thought long and hard about the decision, which he said reflects his “core Christian values” and his pro-growth, pro-business philosophy.
As a legislator, Baca said he often voted conservatively on many issues. He said he secured funding for transportation and infrastructure projects in his district, and fought to delist from the endangered species list the kangaroo rat, the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly and the Santa Ana sucker fish, all of which he said were hindering commercial development and growth in his district.
“I’ve always been very conservative in nature,” Baca said, adding that in the House of Representatives he was often accused of being a Republican and asked why he didn’t change his political party.
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Thanks to Fieldmarshaldj for showing me this.
Weird.
Lifetime ACU rating, 13%.
Might run for Congress against Aguilar (D) in the competitive district 31. He ran for it as a rat last time and placed 5th (3rd rat) in the jungle primary.
Just ran as a rat less than a year ago for Mayor of Fontana, CA, against Black Republican incumbent Acquanetta Warren.
He’s a bit old.
I’m guessing we are about to see a new age of DINOs instead of RINOs for a change
The Democrats are getting too left-wing for most normal people.
You can expect to see more affluent professionals in California and New York switching over.
Not too many D’s change to R’s in CA. Usually the other way around. Sounds like maybe the liberals went too wacky for him.....
Thanks Impy.
Very, very strange. Sounds like opportunism to me. If he runs as a Republican, he’ll surely lose the primary to Paul Chabot, who’s running again.
Oh crikes he’s moving to the left. LOL!
Sounds more like open whoredom to me.
So are the Republicans...That's how a Democrat can become a Republican without changing anything...
That’s funny!
‘Workin’ Joe Baca.
It’s California, so they have that stupid (and unconstitutional, IMHO) jungle primary, with everyonevon the same ballot irrespective of party. So there’s no Republican primary, and if Baca finishes in the top two in the jungle primary, he’ll be on the general-election ballot.
San Bernardino city is going down the toilet—bankruptcy.
Newly elected Mayor of SB is Republican, first in a long time.
Baca is separating himself from the democrats, if anybody else buys it.
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