Clebern Hilburn "Bobby" Shows Jr. (August 28, 1938 – January 20, 2019) was an

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politician. Shows went to the

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and was a businessman. From 1992 to 2016, served as member of the

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from the 89th District. He was a Democrat until 2010, when he switched affiliation to the Republican party, justifying by saying that “The majority leader, Mr. Ellis, (said) that you can see at this time that there is no room in the Democratic Party for white conservatives, so I am here to be a white conservative Republican.”

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