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Old party New party Notes Galusha A. Grow: Pennsylvania: 14th: February–June 1856 34th: 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 75th: Democratic: Republican: Lost Democratic renomination, defeated for re-election as a ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Democratic representative Tricia Cotham, who represents the deep-blue seat of Charlotte, N.C., crossed the political aisle and joined state Republicans on Tuesday, handing the party a crucial ...
The chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Anderson Clayton, at the time called Cotham’s party switch “a deceit of the highest order.”. In August, Mecklenburg County Democrats ...
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 ...
The Republicans used to favor big government, while Democrats were committed to curbing federal power. So why did the party switch occur? When did Democrats and Republicans switch platforms?