Speaking of switching parties, Kentucky Senator Bob Leeper has done it not once, but twice.

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Speaking of switching parties, Kentucky Senator Bob Leeper has done it not once, but twice. Leeper switched from the Democrats to the GOP in 1999, helping the Republicans to take control of the Senate for the first time in nearly a century. Upset by his caucus's move to seat Dana Seum Stephenson despite a court ruling that she had not met the constitutional residency requirement, Leeper announced he will register as the Legislature's lone independent. "I'm absolutely a Republican as...