A House freshman from New Jersey who was planning to break with his party and vote against impeaching President Donald Trump will become a Republican, a GOP official said Saturday.
Top House Republicans have been told of Rep. Jeff Van Drew's decision, according to a GOP official familiar with the conversations.
Van Drew's decision underscores the pressures facing moderate Democrats from Trump-leaning districts as next week's impeachment vote approaches. Van Drew won his southern New Jersey district by 8 percentage points last year, but Trump carried it by 5 points in 2016 and Van Drew was considered one of the more vulnerable House Democrats going into next November's congressional elections.
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