List of American politicians who switched parties in office
The following American politicians switched parties while they were holding elected office.
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Federal[]
Name | Office | Date of party switch | Old party | New party | Notes | Refs |
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Rodney Alexander | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th district | August 9, 2004 | Democratic | Republican | [1] | |
Armistead I. Selden Jr. | United States Ambassador to New Zealand | Democratic | Republican | |||
Justin Amash | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd district | July 4, 2019 | Republican | Independent | [2] | |
May 1, 2020 | Independent | Libertarian | [3] | |||
Eugene Atkinson | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th district | October 14, 1981 | Democratic | Republican | Lost re-election in 1982 after being redistricted to the 4th district. | [4] |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell | U.S. Senator from Colorado | March 4, 1995 | Democratic | Republican | [5] | |
Nathan Deal | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia | April 11, 1995 | Democratic | Republican | [6] | |
Reuben Fenton | U.S. Senator from New York | 1872 | Republican | Liberal Republican | The Liberal Republican Party was new and short-lived. Did not seek re-election in the 1874 and 1875 United States Senate elections. | [7] |
1873 | Liberal Republican | Republican | ||||
Michael Forbes | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district | July 17, 1999 | Republican | Democratic | [8] | |
Virgil Goode | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th district | January 2000 | Democratic | Independent | ||
August 2002 | Independent | Republican | ||||
James W. Grant | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 2nd district | February 21, 1989 | Democratic | Republican | [9] | |
Parker Griffith | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th district | December 22, 2009 | Democratic | Republican | Later re-joined the Democratic party. | [10] |
Galusha A. Grow | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | 1856 | Democratic | Republican | [11] | |
Ralph Hall | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 4th district | January 2004 | Democratic | Republican | [12] | |
Jimmy Hayes | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 7th district | December 1, 1995 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Andy Ireland | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida | March 17, 1984 | Democratic | Republican | ||
John Jarman | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th district | January 24, 1975 | Democratic | Republican | [13] | |
Jim Jeffords | United States Senator from Vermont | May 24, 2001 | Republican | Independent | [14] | |
Jeane Kirkpatrick | United States Ambassador to the United Nations | 1985 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Robert M. La Follette Jr. | United States Senator from Wisconsin | 1934 | Republican | Progressive | ||
Greg Laughlin | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 14th district | June 26, 1995 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Matthew G. Martínez | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California | July 27, 2000 | Democratic | Republican | [15] | |
Paul Mitchell | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 10th district | December 14, 2020 | Republican | Independent | [16] | |
Michael Parker | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district | November 10, 1995 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Ogden Reid | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | March 22, 1972 | Republican | Democratic | [17] | |
Donald Riegle | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 7th district | 1973 | Republican | Democratic | [18] | |
Tommy F. Robinson | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd district | July 28, 1989 | Democratic | Republican | [19] | |
Richard Shelby | U.S. Senator from Alabama | November 9, 1994 | Democratic | Republican | [20] | |
Bob Smith | U.S. Senator from New Hampshire | July 1999 | Republican | Independent | [21] | |
November 1999 | Independent | Republican | ||||
Arlen Specter | U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania | April 28, 2009 | Republican | Democratic | [22] | |
Bob Stump | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 3rd district | September 24, 1981 | Democratic | Republican | Did not officially change party until the 1982 election for a term beginning January 3, 1983. | [23][24] |
Billy Tauzin | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district | August 8, 1995 | Democratic | Republican | [25] | |
Strom Thurmond | U.S. Senator from South Carolina | September 16, 1964 | Democratic | Republican | [26] | |
Lyman Trumbull | U.S. Senator from Illinois | 1871 | Republican | Liberal Republican | The Liberal Republican Party was new and short-lived. Lost re-election in the 1872 and 1873 United States Senate elections to the Republican candidate. | |
Jeff Van Drew | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd district | January 7, 2020 | Democratic | Republican | [27] | |
James A. Walker | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th district | 1893 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Hendrick Bradley Wright | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district | 1876 | Democratic | Greenback |
State[]
Name | Office | Date of party switch | Old party | New party | Notes | Refs |
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Max Abramson | Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 20th Rockingham district | May 2016 | Republican | Libertarian | Left office to run for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016 as a Libertarian. Was re-elected to a seat in the same district of the New Hampshire House in 2018 as a Republican. | [28] |
June 28, 2019 | Republican | Libertarian | Campaigned to be the nominee for President of the United States in 2020 of the Libertarian Party, the , and the Reform Party. Was elected to a seat in a different district in the New Hampshire House in 2020 as a Republican. | [29] | ||
Dawn Addiego | Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 8th district | January 28, 2019 | Republican | Democratic | [30] | |
Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 36th district | December 10, 2007 | Democratic | Republican | Switched parties after the 2007 Louisiana elections to align with incoming governor Bobby Jindal. | [31][32] | |
Scott Angelle | Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | October 26, 2010 | Democratic | Republican | Appointed lieutenant governor by Governor Bobby Jindal, a Republican, to serve until the conclusion of the 2010 special election to replace the previous lieutenant governor, Mitch Landrieu, who had been elected Mayor of New Orleans earlier in the year. Served as immediately prior, originally appointed by Governor Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat. Returned to that position immediately following, having been re-appointed by Jindal. | [33] |
Bill Archer | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 22, Seat 5 | December 7, 1967 | Democratic | Republican | [34][35] | |
Karen Awana | Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 44th district | December 19, 2007 | Republican | Democratic | [36] | |
Richard Baker | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish | May 31, 1985 | Democratic | Republican | [37] | |
Louisiana State Senator from the 33rd district | February 9, 2001 | Democratic | Republican | Announced after a visit to the White House following an invitation from President George W. Bush. | [38] | |
Taylor Barras | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Iberia Parish | August 12, 2011 | Democratic | Republican | [39] | |
Eli Bebout | Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the | April 26, 1994 | Democratic | Republican | [40] | |
Walter Boasso | Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 1st district | April 26, 2007 | Republican | Democratic | ||
Audie Bock | Member of the California State Assembly from the 16th district | 1999 | Green | No party preference | ||
Barbara Bollier | Member of the Kansas Senate from the 7th district | December 12, 2018 | Republican | Democratic | [41] | |
Mike Bowers | Attorney General of Georgia | 1994 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Michael Don Brandenburg | Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 28th district | Democratic | Republican | |||
Nickey Browning | Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 3rd district | March 27, 2013 | Democratic | Republican | [42] | |
Buddy Caldwell | Attorney General of Louisiana | 2011 | Democratic | Republican | [43] | |
Sonny Callahan | Member of the Alabama Senate | 1984 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Charles T. Canady | Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 44th district | June 1999 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Videt Carmichael | Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 33rd district | May 2002 | Democratic | Republican | [44] | |
Lincoln Chafee | Governor of Rhode Island | May 30, 2013 | Independent | Democratic | Previously served in the U.S. Senate (1999-2007) as a Republican before becoming an Independent | [45] |
Stephanie Clayton | Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 19th district | December 19, 2018 | Republican | Democratic | [46] | |
Linda Collins-Smith | Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 61st district | August 2011 | Democratic | Republican | [47] | |
Charlie Crist | Governor of Florida | May 13, 2010 | Republican | Independent | [48] | |
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish | 2005 | Democratic | Republican | |||
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes | February 9, 2001 | Democratic | Republican | Announced after a visit to the White House following an invitation from President George W. Bush. | [49] | |
Aubrey Dunn Jr. | New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands | January 2018 | Republican | Libertarian | [50] | |
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives | 2010 | Democratic | Republican | [51] | ||
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 106 | September 20, 2007 | Republican | Democratic | [52] | ||
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 58 | December 31, 1993 | Republican | Democratic | [53] | ||
Ryan Ferns | Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 3rd district | November 2013 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Beth Fukumoto | Hawaii Representative from House District 36 | 2017 | Republican | Democratic | [54] | |
Mike Gabbard | Hawaii Senator from the 19th district | August 30, 2007 | Republican | Democratic | [55] | |
Avel Gordly | Member of the Oregon Senate from the 23rd district | 2006 | Democratic | Independent | [56] | |
Mark Grisanti | Member of the New York Senate from the 60th district | 2011 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Henry Grover | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 23 | February 3, 1966 | Democratic | Republican | [57] | |
Elbert Guillory | Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 24th district | May 31, 2013 | Democratic | Republican | [58] | |
Ryan Guillen | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 31st district | November 15, 2021 | Democratic | Republican | [59] | |
Barbara Hafer | Treasurer of Pennsylvania | 2003 | Republican | Democratic | [60] | |
Bob Hanner | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | 2010 | Democratic | Republican | [61] | |
Joy Hofmeister | Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction | October 7, 2021 | Republican | Democratic | Switched after announcing her intention to challenge to Republican Governor Kevin Stitt in the 2022 election. | [62] |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 11 | November 6, 2009 | Democratic | Republican | [63] | ||
Eric Hutchings | Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 38th district | 2001 | Democratic | Republican | [64] | |
Cindy Hyde-Smith | Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 39th district | December 28, 2010 | Democratic | Republican | Later appointed and elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican. | [65] |
Virginia Isbell | Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 5th district | December 23, 1987 | Republican | Democratic | [66] | |
Mike Jacobs | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 80th district | June 19, 2007 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Evan Jenkins | Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 5th district | July 2013 | Democratic | Republican | [67] | |
Woody Jenkins | Louisiana State Representative from East Baton Rouge Parish (now District 66) | 1994 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Aaron Ling Johanson | Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 31st district | December 29, 2014 | Republican | Democratic | [68] | |
Dean Johnson | Minnesota State Senator | 2000 | Republican | DFL | [69] | |
Jim Justice | Governor of West Virginia | 2017 | Democratic | Republican | [70] | |
John Kennedy | Treasurer of Louisiana | August 27, 2007 | Democratic | Republican | Later elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican. | [71] |
Bob Krist | Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 10th district | February 2018 | Republican | Democratic | [72] | |
Steve Lebsock | Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 34th district | March 2, 2018 | Democratic | Republican | Changed party affiliation prior to expulsion from the Colorado House of Representatives due to allegations of sexual harassment. | [73] |
Jan Lee | Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 10th district | June 2001 | Republican | Independent | [74] | |
2001 | Independent | Democratic | ||||
J. M. Lozano | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 43 | March 8, 2012 | Democratic | Republican | [75] | |
Kevin Mannix | Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 32nd district | 1997 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Chad Mayes | Member of the California State Assembly from the 42nd district | December 6, 2019 | Republican | Independent | [76] | |
Andy McKean | Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 58th district | April 2019 | Republican | Democratic | [77] | |
Stanford Morse | Mississippi State Senator from Harrison and Stone counties | 1963 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Robert R. Neall | Maryland State Senator from District 33 | November 12, 1999 | Republican | Democratic | Later re-joined the Republican Party. | |
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 22nd district | November 7, 1975 | Republican | Democratic | [78] | ||
Marshall Parker | South Carolina State Senator from Oconee County | 1966 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Aaron Peña | Texas House of Representatives from House District 40 | December 14, 2010 | Democratic | Republican | [79] | |
Sonny Perdue | Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 18th district | 1998 | Democratic | Republican | Later elected Governor of Georgia | [80] |
Rick Perry | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 64 | September 29, 1989 | Democratic | Republican | Later elected Governor of Texas | [81] |
Rupie Phillips | Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 24th district | January 26, 2017 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Arthur Ravenel Jr. | Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Charleston County | 1960 | Democratic | Republican | [82] | |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from House District 21 | December 14, 2010 | Democratic | Republican | [83] | ||
Joel Robideaux | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafayette Parish | 2011 | Independent | Republican | ||
Buddy Roemer | Governor of Louisiana | March 1991 | Democratic | Republican | [84] | |
Thomas M. Salmon | Vermont Auditor of Accounts | 2009 | Democratic | Republican | [85] | |
James C. Smith | Secretary of State of Florida | 1987 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Mike Spano | Member of the New York State Assembly | 2007 | Republican | Democratic | ||
Floyd Spence | Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County | April 14, 1962 | Democratic | Republican | [86] | |
Chris Steineger | Member of the Kansas Senate from the 6th district | 2010 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Dale Swenson | Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 97th district | 2008 | Republican | Democratic | ||
Dinah Sykes | Member of the Kansas Senate from the 21st district | December 2018 | Republican | Democratic | [87] | |
Johnny Tadlock | Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 1st district | 2018 | Democratic | Republican | [88] | |
Gray Tollison | Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 9th district | November 11, 2011 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Amy Tuck | Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi | 2002 | Democratic | Republican | [89] | |
Wanda Vázquez Garced | Governor of Puerto Rico | 2019 | Democratic | Republican | [90][91][92] | |
Jesse Ventura | Governor of Minnesota | 2000 | Reform | Independence | ||
Christine Watkins | Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 69th district | December 2012 | Democratic | Republican | [93] | |
Kent Williams | Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 4th district | February 9, 2009 | Republican | Independent | Expelled by Tennessee Republican Party | |
Kate Witek | Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts | August 2006 | Republican | Democratic | ||
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Charles Parishes | 2005 | Democratic | Republican |
Local[]
Name | Office | Date of party switch | Old party | New party | Notes | Refs |
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David Tubiolo | Member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators from the 14th district | February 7, 2020 | Republican | Democratic | [94] | |
Kymberly Pine | Member of the Honolulu City Council from the 1st district | November 9, 2016 | Republican | Democratic | [95] | |
Kim Davis | Clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky | 2015 | Democratic | Republican | [96] | |
Michael Bloomberg | Mayor of New York City | 2007 | Republican | Independent | Later ran for president in the 2020 presidential election as a Democrat. | |
Matt Gonzalez | Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 5 | November 2000 | Democratic | Green | [97] | |
Rick Sheehy | Mayor of Hastings, Nebraska | 2003 | Democratic | Republican | ||
Norm Coleman | Mayor of St. Paul | 1996 | Democratic | Republican | [98] | |
Bob Martinez | Mayor of Tampa | 1983 | Democratic | Republican | [99] | |
John Lindsay | Mayor of New York City | 1971 | Republican | Democratic | [100] |
See also[]
- Party switching in the United States
- List of party switchers in the United States
- List of United States representatives who switched parties
- List of United States senators who switched parties
- List of elected British politicians who have changed party affiliation
- List of Canadian politicians who have crossed the floor
- Waka-jumping
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