Kansas lawmaker facing warning rejoins Democratic Party
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February 7, 2021
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A freshman Kansas House member who's due to get a public warning from colleagues about his behavior before he took office has rejoined the Democratic Party.
Rep. Aaron Coleman of Kansas City, Kansas, confirmed Monday that he returned to the party last week, about three weeks after registering unaffiliated. Coleman had switched to unaffiliated after the House's top Democrat, Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, refused to give him any committee assignments.
But Coleman said Monday: "I was elected as a Democrat. I ran as a Democrat. I vote with the Democrats."
The 20-year-old Coleman...
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