Pennsylvania Sheriff Flips From Democrat Party to Republican Party

A woman walks past the elephant logo of the Republican Party on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18, 2016. Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty Images

A sheriff in Pennsylvania says he’s switched to the Republican Party after becoming alienated from Democrats.

“It was a really difficult decision and I’ve thought long and hard about it, but I feel I stand for the ideals of the Republican Party platform more than the Democrats today,” Westmoreland County Sheriff James Albert told the Tribune-Review.