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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. Joe Lieberman: Connecticut: 2006 110th: Democratic: Independent Democrat: Caucused with the Democrats.
Switched parties after losing renomination over his vote to protect access to abortion and gender-affirming care. [69] Tricia Cotham: Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 112th district: April 5, 2023: Democratic: Republican: Switched parties after receiving backlash for missing a vote on an assault weapons ban. [70 ...
The party the person left is likely to consider the party-switcher to be a Benedict Arnold. Some politicians have also switched parties to improve their chances for reelection. Arlen Specter, a former US Senator of Pennsylvania, cited his uncertainty of winning a Republican primary as one reason for his move to the Democratic Party. [11]
2017 – Bob Krist, Nebraska state senator was elected as a Republican, switched to an Independent and then a Democrat to run for governor of Nebraska, then returned to the Republican party. [ 433 ] 2017 – Kenneth Mejia , Los Angeles, California city controller (2022–present) switched from Democratic to Green in 2017 before switching back ...
Some observers say Senate elections became ever more political after 1913 From 1789 until 1913, senators were chosen by their state legislatures. Since 1913 and to the present time, they are ...
List of American politicians who switched parties in office; List of party switchers in the United States; List of United States representatives who switched parties; List of United States senators who switched parties
As soon as state Rep. Tricia Cotham switched from the Democratic to Republican party in April, giving Republicans a supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly, speculation began about ...
State District Date Congress 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