On January 26, Democratic State Representative Keith English, who represents Missouri’s 68th district, said he is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an independent. See this story.
At the November 2014 election, English was re-elected as a Democrat with 6,758 votes. His only opponent, Republican Becky Sharma, received 3,435. Thanks to Michael for the link.
This was an interesting story that shows how the “bipartisan”,
“two-party” system works to suppress divergent viewpoints. A real, multi-party system is needed to ensure that multiple viewpoints are represented.