• Jeffries, who has represented West Virginia state Senate District 8 since 2016, citing “economic development” as one of the driving reasons he made the party switch.
• “I never have been a party person,” he said. “Making this switch is going to help me be more effective as far as recruiting and bringing companies here to this state.”
• Jeffries, said he who filed paperwork this week to make the switch, elaborated by saying he wants to be part of the economic decisions being made in his state.

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