Mike ter Maat, who was the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nominee a year ago, announced Tuesday that he has joined the Republican Party in a move that he described as a "a strategic shift – not a change in ideology."

"The Republican Party will be the arena for the critical debate of the next political cycle," ter Maat said in a statement on the switch. "To strengthen our economy through free markets, unify our nation through the Constitution and protect our future through fiscal conservatism and........

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