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Republican Thiele switching to Independence Party
Quick ReadRepublican Assemb. Fred Thiele is switching parties to join the Independence Party.
Longtime Republican Assemb. Fred Thiele is switching parties to join the Independence Party, saying the 40-member GOP minority "stands for nothing" and "no longer speaks to pocketbook issues."
The 14-year Albany veteran said he hand-delivered papers to switch at the Suffolk Board of Elections Thursday and will seek to sit with the Assembly's Democratic majority
Thiele, 56, of Sag Harbor,...
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