Brad Ellsworth opposes abortion and same’sex marriage and is an Indiana sheriff who very much believes in the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

And he’s coming to Congress as a Democrat.

“We’re a pretty conservative bunch, and I think that I fit right in with those values of the people here,” said Rep.-elect Ellsworth.

President Bush isn’t the only conservative that Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California will have to deal with when she becomes House speaker in January.

Ellsworth is one of a crop of conservative and moderate Democrats who helped the party seize Congress in what has been viewed as a referendum on Bush, the Iraq war and corruption.

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