BREAKING: Democratic Rep. John Patrick Julien of North Miami 'Considering a Party Switch'

Sources close to Democratic state Rep. John Patrick Julien of North Miami have told Sunshine State News the Haitian legislator is "considering a party switch," in light of treatment he's received at the hands of the Florida Democratic Party.

The news comes just one day after Julien's attorney, former Republican state Rep. J.C. Planas, told the News his client would "probably" be appealing his August primary election defeat to the Florida House of Representatives.

Julien lost his August Democratic primary to Rep. Barbara Watson of Miami Gardens by a mere 13 votes.Heallegesthat Watson made use of boleteros, or ballot-brokers, to collect fraudulent or manipulated absentee ballots from at least 16 senior citizens.

Julien is one of the state's three Haitian legislators, all three of whom are Democrats but have come under fire from their party leadership for their stances in favor of businesses, school choice and, particularly in Julien's case, the right to life of the unborn.

"What folks refuse to understand is that Haitians are God-fearing, anti-government handout, distrustful of government, family-oriented, believers in educational freedom, and anti-abortion, Julien told Sunshine State News earlier this week. And yet we are registered Democrats. In other words, Haitians are like Cubans, only in a different party."

Weeks ago, a political consultant from one of Floridas major bipartisan consulting firms suggested to the News that the Sunshine State's Haitian-born state legislators were the victims of a political ethnic cleansing" by state Democratic Party officials in retaliation for their voting records.