Two black officials in the state of Georgia have left the Democratic Party and become Republicans.

Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell and former state executive committee member Andre Walker said the Democratic Party had grown too liberal and they are finding a new home with the Republicans…

“My district is pretty Republican as it is,” Bell told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “My wife and I have been thinking about this for six months.”

He said they are both conservative “and the Democratic Party has been our home. The party had conservatives and liberals both in the party. [But] this election showed us the liberal wing of the Democratic Party is very, very strong. If your’e a conservative, it became more difficult to be in the Democratic Party.”

Bell is a former president of the College Democrats of America and was a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He will now run for re-election as a Republican.

Walker was serving on the state Democratic Party’s executive committee when he switched parties. He is a former president of the College Democrats of Georgia and was also a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Eric Gray, spokesmen for the Democratic Party of Georgia, mocked Bell. Charming.