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Republican: Jo Ann Emerson: Missouri: 8th: January 3, 1997 105th: Republican: Independent Emerson was re-elected to a full term as an independent after running under that designation to comply with Missouri's electoral law. January 8, 1997 Independent Republican: Michael Forbes: New York: 1st: July 17, 1999 106th: Republican: Democratic: Virgil ...
2000 – Rick Jore, Montana state representative to U.S. Constitution Party. [325] 2012 – Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico (1995–2003), switched to the Libertarian Party and became their nominee for President of the United States in both the 2012 election and 2016 election. 2012 – Buddy Roemer, former governor of Louisiana ...
Then, a decade ago, my political perspective changed, and I moved from R, the Republican Party, to my current status as an NPA, an independent voter with “no party affiliation.”
Republican. Independent. Caucused with the Democrats after becoming an independent, giving Democrats a majority in the US Senate. His switch became the only time in US history that a party switch resulted in a change of party control of the Senate. [29][30] Robert M. La Follette Jr.
v. t. e. In politics of the United States, party switching is any change in party affiliation of a partisan public figure, usually one who holds an elected office. Use of the term "party switch" can also connote a transfer of holding power in an elected governmental body from one party to another.
Third-party and independent members of the United States Congress are generally rare. Although the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated U.S. politics in a two-party system since 1856, some independents and members of other political parties have also been elected to the House of Representatives or Senate, or changed their party affiliation during their term.
State Date Congress Old party New party Notes John P. Jones: Nevada: 1901 56th: Silver Republican: Republican: Fred Dubois: Idaho: Silver Republican: Democratic: DuBois lost his re-election bid in 1896, was again elected as a Silver Republican in 1900, but became a Democrat early in the term. Henry M. Teller: Colorado: March 4, 1901 Silver ...
Trump registered as a Republican in Manhattan in 1987; since that time, he has changed his party affiliation five times. In 1999, he changed his party affiliation to the Independence Party of New York. In August 2001, Trump changed his party affiliation to Democratic. In September 2009, he changed his party affiliation back to the Republican Party.