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Moderate Republicans may refer to: Within the United States Republican Party: Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era), active from 1854 to 1877; Moderate Republicans (United States, 1930s–1970s) or Rockefeller Republicans; Moderate Republicans (modern United States), the present-day faction; In France: Moderate Republicans (France, 1848–1870)
Some moderate Republicans were previously Radical Republicans who became disenchanted with the alleged corruption of the latter faction. [1] Charles Sumner , a Massachusetts senator who led Radical Republicans in the 1860s, later joined reform-minded moderates as he later opposed the corruption associated with the Grant administration .
The Republican Governance Group, originally the Tuesday Lunch Bunch and then the Tuesday Group until 2020, is a group of moderate Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. [7] It was founded in 1994 in the wake of the Republican takeover of the House; the Republican House caucus came to be dominated by conservatives. [ 8 ]
Moderates in the Republican Party are an ideologically centrist group that predominantly come from the Northeastern United States, [361] and are typically located in swing states or blue states. Moderate Republican voters are typically highly educated, affluent, fiscally conservative, socially moderate or liberal and often Never Trump.
Pages in category "Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era)" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Two other moderate House Republicans — Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who also represents a district Biden won, and Tony Gonzales of Texas — will confront their primary challengers next month.
Conversely, the rock-ribbed New England states of Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire were dominated by the Republican Party, as were some Midwestern states like Iowa and North Dakota. However, in the 1970s and 1980s the increasingly conservative Republican Party gradually overtook the Democrats in the southeast. The Democrats' support in the ...
In the Senate, moderate Republicans have shown limited willingness to work with the president. When he first came into office, none voted for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, but Sen ...