THE LOTT FALLOUT (cont.):

Baker makes switch (THE SUN HERALD, Jan. 18, 2003)

State Rep. Larry Baker of Senatobia, who was elected to the House as a Democrat in 1999, has qualified to run for a second term as a Republican.

"I have been a conservative all my life and have pretty well gone with the Republican Party on most votes," said Baker, 63, a retired officer with the Mississippi Army National Guard and a cattleman.

Baker is the fourth lawmaker to switch parties this year after Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck made the move last December.

The Mississippi House now has 83 Democrats, 36 Republicans and three independents. The Senate has 31 Democrats and 21 Republicans.

These folks are even switching to the minority, the rarest form of political honesty. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 19, 2003 6:58 PM