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Caucused with the Democrats. Gave Democrats temporary control of the senate. Joe Lieberman: Connecticut: 2006 110th: Democratic: Independent Democrat: Caucused with the Democrats. Lieberman was re-elected on the Connecticut for Lieberman ticket; however, he never formally joined that political party. Arlen Specter [2] Pennsylvania: April 28 ...
On November 1, 1999, he returned to the Republican Party when a Senate committee chairmanship became open. [422] 1999 – Donald Trump, businessman and real-estate developer, later 45th (2017–2021) and 47th (2025–)president of the United States, has been at various times a Republican, Democratic, Independent, and Reform Party member.
The transition into today's Democratic Party was cemented in 1948, when Harry Truman introduced a pro-civil rights platform and, in response, many Democrats walked out and formed the Dixiecrats. Most rejoined the Democrats over the next decade, but in the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
And while President Bill Clinton was comfortably re-elected in 1996, Republicans were still elected to the Senate in states Clinton won, like Arkansas, Oregon and Maine.
If Republicans continue this stonewalling during Democratic presidencies, with their new permanent hold on the Senate, the Supreme Court’s conservative 6-3 majority may become 7-2, 8-1, and ...
Republicans last won a majority in the Senate in 2018. ... Democrats launched a concerted effort to beat Cruz, but the party has not won a state-wide election in Texas for more than 30 years ...
Senate with Senate opposed House with House opposed Congress with Congress divided Congress opposed 1 George Washington: None 2 8 8 0 4 4 4 4 0 2 John Adams: Federalist 1 4 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 3 Thomas Jefferson: Democratic-Republican 2 8 8 0 8 0 8 0 0 4 James Madison: Democratic-Republican 2 8 8 0 8 0 8 0 0 5 James Monroe: Democratic-Republican 2 8 ...
Gain: The party did not have the seat before. Consider for example the Democrats (D) in 1914: 36 sitting Democrats (D 1 to D 36) were not on election. 14 sitting Democrats (D 37 to D 50) were re-elected (D 50 had been appointed to fill a vacancy and is shown as an elected hold). 3 new Democrats (D 51 to D 53) held seats by replacing other ...