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GOP'S WHIPPS UNENROLLS FROM PARTY TO BECOME INDEPENDENT

Matt Murphy8/22/17 11:53 AM

Rep. Susannah Whipps, an Athol Republican who has voted with Democrats on a number of key issues in recent months, has withdrawn from the GOP and will return to Beacon Hill after the summer recess as the Legislature's only independent elected official.

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