The Queen Anne’s County state’s attorney has officially changed his political affiliation, according to a news release from the Maryland Republican Party. Lance Richardson says he’s concerned over some democratic party policies being pushed at the national level. Richardson is a Church Hill resident who was appointed Queen Anne’s County state’s attorney in January 2009. Queen Anne’s County Republican Chairman Diana Waterman said she was thrilled Richardson opted to join the Republican Party. Of the 12 partisan elected officials in Queen Anne’s, 11 are now Republican. Last year while still a Democrat, Richardson was one of four who applied for Queen Anne’s County District Court judge. Governor Martin O’Malley, also a Democrat, selected former Congressman Frank Kratovil, a Democrat who had also previously served as Queen Anne’s state’s attorney.