Florida State Rep. Hillary Cassel is speaking out after deciding to change party affiliation.

State Rep. Hillary Cassel has received scorching criticism for her post election announcement that she was leaving the ...

Facing South Florida 10:50. CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede talks to State Representative Michael Gottlieb, a Democrat who repres ...

Nobody saw their change of political orientation coming. Both women did a good job at playing the role of solid Democrats.

Florida Rep. Hillary Cassel switches to the GOP, becoming second Democratic state lawmaker to change parties this month.

A second Florida Democratic lawmaker has switched parties this month, further swelling the legislative Republican supermajority. Rep. Hillary Cassel of Dania Beach, first elected to the state ...

President-elect Donald Trump hailed Florida state Rep. Hillary Cassel's announcement that she's switching from the Democrat ...

Kristen Browde, president of the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus, also issued a statement blasting the move. "One has to wonder whether Rep. Hillary Cassel is abandoning her principles as well as ...

Days after announcing she was leaving the Democratic Party, state House Republican leadership elevated Rep. Hillary Cassel to ...

In a post on social media, Rep. Hillary Cassel said Florida Democrats are out of touch with voters and that she has a better chance of achieving her priorities from within the Republican Party.

President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans are celebrating as another longtime Democrats has joined their GOP ranks in Florida. State representative Hillary Cassel announced last week that she ...