On November 3, voters in Limestone County, Alabama, elected LaDon Townsend to the County Commission. He had not wanted to run as an independent, but last year the local Republican Party refused to permit him to file in the Republican primary. See this story. Townsend defeated the Republican incumbent.
Limestone County is in northern Alabama and borders Tennessee.
Its seems from his comments that he may stay an independent and not switch back to being a republican