House Republican ditches party to run again

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced on Friday that he has filed to run for re-election as an independent — effectively leaving the Republican Party, at least for his election campaign, after voters dismantled his district in the Proposition 50 redistricting in California.

In his announcement, Kiley slammed California Democrats for putting him in an untenable position.

"Gerrymandering is a plague on democracy, one that Gavin Newsom has brought back to California. But there’s a way we...