Democratic Vermont Auditor Tom Salmon is switching parties to the GOP.
Salmon announced his plans Tuesday, saying he is frustrated with the Democrats’ handling of the budget, and says the party has moved too far to the left.
Salmon says he plans to run for auditor next year, but says if Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie does not run for governor, there’s a very slim chance he might.
Salmon says he’s been considering switching parties for some time and says the Republican party is the closest to accepting the realities of the times. He says when he returned from deployment in Iraq, he witnessed a budget process rife with deficiencies and dysfunction.