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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.
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. Wisconsin: May 1934: 74th: Republican: Wisconsin Progressive: Co-founded the Wisconsin Progressive Party and was re-elected to Senate on that ticket in 1934 and 1940. [31] 1946: 79th ...
1893 – William M. Stewart, U.S. senator from Nevada (1864–1875 and 1887–1905) switched to the Silver Party [324] 1895 – John P. Jones, U.S. senator from Nevada (1873–1903) switched to Silver Party [325] 1896 – Wharton Barker, former Republican activist, switched to the Populist Party and was a presidential candidate in 1900.
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]
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A moderate California Democratic state lawmaker announced Thursday that she is switching to the Republican Party while criticizing her former party's leadership and policies. State Sen. Marie ...
Democratic representative Tricia Cotham, who represents a blue seat in Charlotte, N.C., crossed the political aisle and joined state Republicans.
Jeffords served in the Senate from 1989 until 2007, winning reelection in 1994 and 2000. In 2001, he left the Republican Party to become an independent, and began to caucus with the Senate's Democrats. His switch changed control of the Senate from Republican to Democratic, the first time a switch had ever changed party control.