An Obama Champion, Now In Romney's Camp

MAN WITHOUT A CORE: How A Rising Dem Joined The GOP
FILE -This Aug. 27, 2008, file photo shows former Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Davis is shifting his voter registration to Virginia and says that if he seeks public office again, it will be as a Republican. Davis, who represented Birmingham in Congress for four terms and then unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor in 2010, announced his decision on his website Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
FILE -This Aug. 27, 2008, file photo shows former Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Davis is shifting his voter registration to Virginia and says that if he seeks public office again, it will be as a Republican. Davis, who represented Birmingham in Congress for four terms and then unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor in 2010, announced his decision on his website Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

On a bright August morning in the quiet waterfront town of Edenton, N.C., Artur Davis, a black former congressman from Alabama, looked out at a sea of beaming white faces and grinned. “I’m gonna let you all in on a secret,” he said. “I used to be a Democrat!” Lusty boos dissolved into chuckles. “He saw the light!” someone shouted. Davis nodded. “I once was lost, but now I am found!”

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