Former Dem Rep Launches Comeback As A Republican

Former Dem Rep Launches Comeback As A Republican
Former Democratic congressman Gene Taylor, who lost his south Mississippi seat in 2010, speaks to reporters as he stands in the parking lot of the Mississippi Republican Party headquarters in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Taylor filed qualifying papers Friday to run in the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District election in hopes of regaining the seat. The primary is June 3. The 4th District incumbent is Republican Steven Palazzo, who defeated Taylor in 2010. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Former Democratic congressman Gene Taylor, who lost his south Mississippi seat in 2010, speaks to reporters as he stands in the parking lot of the Mississippi Republican Party headquarters in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Taylor filed qualifying papers Friday to run in the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District election in hopes of regaining the seat. The primary is June 3. The 4th District incumbent is Republican Steven Palazzo, who defeated Taylor in 2010. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) told the Biloxi Sun Herald that it was "the dysfunction of Washington that drove him to seek a return to the job he held for two decades. This time, though, he'll be running as a Republican."

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