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His family left the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party, but he rejoined the Democratic Party after the war. 1965 – Arlen Specter, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011). He was a Republican from 1965 to 2009 and a Democrat from 1951 to 1965 and 2009 to 2012. [399]
Republican: Democratic [97] Dean Johnson: Minnesota State Senator: 2000: Republican: DFL [98] Jim Justice: Governor of West Virginia: 2017: Democratic: Republican: Justice had previously been a Republican until switching to the Democratic Party in 2015 to run for Governor of West Virginia. [99] [100] John Kennedy: Treasurer of Louisiana: August ...
Democratic: Republican: He switched parties in the wake of President Pierce's signing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act. John J. O'Connor: New York: 16th: October 24, 1938
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban The post Since Biden took office, more than 1 million voters have switched to ...
A former Democrat turned Republican, Braun has represented The Hoosier State in the Senate since 2019. Before serving in the U.S. Congress, Braun was in the Indiana House of Representatives.
Senator State Date Congress Old party New party Notes Jim Jeffords: Vermont: June 6, 2001 107th: Republican: Independent Caucused with the Democrats. Gave Democrats temporary control of the senate.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some elected Democrats loyal to President Joe Biden raised fresh questions on Tuesday about his 2024 re-election bid, with one calling for him to step aside, a shift after ...
The Republican Party and the American Party both sought to succeed the Whigs as the main opposition to the Democratic Party, and the Republicans eventually became the most popular party in the Northern United States. The Republicans absorbed many Northern Whigs, as well as some anti-slavery Democrats and much of the Free Soil Party.