Geoff Duncan, who previously served as Georgia’s Lt. Governor, revealed he has officially registered as a Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duncan, who served as lieutenant governor as a Republican from 2019 until 2023, wrote in an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday that his path to becoming a Democrat began before President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0attempted to overturn his loss to former President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, which Duncan criticized at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n“My journey to becoming a Democrat started well before Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election in Georgia,” Duncan wrote in the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There\u2019s no date on a calendar or line in the sand that points to the exact moment in time my political heart changed, but it has,” he continued. “My decision was centered around my daily struggle to love my neighbor, as a Republican.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Duncan pointed to several policy issues that played a part in his decision to change parties, criticizing Republicans for their handling of issues such as health care, Medicaid, gun safety, immigration and how to help poor people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Republican said GOP lawmakers have argued for decades that the solution to not having health insurance is to have a job, but noted that most uninsured people in the Peach State live in working households yet do not have insurance because of affordability or eligibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n“So, the reality is they have a job, just the wrong job,” Duncan wrote. “One that doesn’t offer health insurance or generate enough spare money each month to afford their own health insurance plan.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Duncan\u2019s party switch comes after the Georgia Republican Party expelled him from the party earlier this year over alleged disloyalty. The party’s resolution cited his endorsement of Biden in the 2024 presidential election and, once he dropped out, his endorsement of former Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as alleged efforts to undermine and sabotage some\u00a0Republican candidates, including current Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and failed 2022 Senate candidate Herschel Walker.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Republican also spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August in support of Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n