Republican to Democratic Party switching in the United States

1 republican democratic

1.1 before 1960
1.2 1960s
1.3 1970s
1.4 1980s
1.5 1990s
1.6 2000s
1.7 2010s

republican democratic
before 1960

1860s – henry george
1860s – salmon p. chase, former senator (1849–1855, 1861), governor of ohio (1856–1860) , secretary of treasury (1861–1864) , later chief justice of united states (1864–1873)
1860s – andrew gregg curtin, former governor of pennsylvania (1861–1867), later u.s. congressman pennsylvania (1881–1887)
1860s – alonzo garcelon, later served governor of maine (1879–1880)
1872 – edmund g. ross, former u.s. senator kansas (1866–1871)
1877 - james b. weaver, later u.s. congressman iowa (1879-1889)
1880 - benjamin butler, former congressman massachusetts (1867-1879), later governor of massachusetts (1883-1884)
1932 - phelps phelps, new york assemblyman, later governor of american samoa (1951–1952)
1932 – arthur w. mitchell, later u.s. congressman illinois (1935–1943)
1933 – henry a. wallace, later united states secretary of agriculture (1933-1940), vice president of united states (1941–1945) , united states secretary of commerce (1945-1946)
1936 - ellis e. patterson, california state assemblyman, later lieutenant governor of california (1939-1943) , u.s. congressman california (1945-1947)
1939 – william l. dawson, later u.s. congressman illinois (1943–1970)

1960s

1960s – pete stark, later served u.s. representative california (1973–2013)
1960s – howard dean, later served lieutenant governor of vermont (1987–1991), governor of vermont (1991–2003) , chairman of democratic national committee (2005–2009)
1960s – archibald carey, jr.
1962 – calhoun allen, commissioner of public utilities in shreveport
1968 – hillary clinton, later first lady of united states (1993–2001), u.s. senator new york (2001–2009), united states secretary of state (2009–2013) , nominee of democratic party president of united states in 2016 election.

1970s

1970 – ralph neas
1970 – floyd k. haskell, colorado state representative , later u.s. senator colorado (1973–1979)
1971 – john lindsay, mayor of new york city
1971 – leon panetta, later served u.s. representative california (1976–1993), white house chief of staff (1994–1997), director of central intelligence agency (2009–2011) , united states secretary of defense (2009–2013)
1972 – ogden r. reid, while u.s. representative new york (1963–1975)
1972 – herman goldner, mayor of st. petersburg
1973 – joan finney, before being elected kansas state treasurer, , later governor of kansas (1991–1995)
1973 – don riegle, while u.s. representative michigan (1967–1976) , later u.s. senator michigan (1976–1995)
1973 – edward meyer, new york state assemblyman
1976 - james glisson, florida state senator
1976 - howard oda, hawaii state representative
1977 – lloyd h. kincaid, wisconsin state assemblyman
1977 – peter peyser, u.s. representative new york (1971–1977 , 1979–1983)
1978 - john peavey, idaho state senator

1980s

1980 – thomas m. foglietta, member of philadelphia city council, later served u.s. representative pennsylvania (1981–1997) & united states ambassador italy (1997–2001)
1985 – john yarmuth, later served u.s. representative kentucky (2007–present)
1987 - martha ezzard, colorado state senator
1988 - albio sires, later served u.s. representative new jersey (2006–present)
1988 - duane woodard, colorado attorney general
1988 - ann kobayashi, hawaii state senator

1990s

1991 – mike doyle, later served u.s. representative pennsylvania (1995–present)
1991 – markos moulitsas
1992 – loretta sanchez, later served u.s. representative california (1997–2017)
1992 – frank pecora, pennsylvania state senator
1994 – bernard erickson, texas state representative
1995 – elizabeth warren, later served u.s. senator massachusetts (2013–present)
1996 – carolyn mccarthy, later served u.s. representative new york (1997–2015)
1997 – betsy mccaughey ross, lieutenant governor of new york (1995–1998)
1997 – debra j. mazzarelli, new york state assemblywoman
1998 – russell w. peterson, former governor of delaware (1969–1973)
1999 – michael forbes, while serving u.s. representative new york (1995–2001)
1999 – robert r. neall, maryland state senator

2000s

2000 – jeff enfinger, alabama state senator
2000 – gabrielle giffords, later u.s. representative arizona (2007–2012)
2000 – scott heidepriem, south dakota state senator
2000 – dean johnson, minnesota state senator
2000 – mark desaulnier, contra costa county supervisor. later u.s. representative california (2015–present)
2000 – judi dutcher, minnesota state auditor (1995–2003)
2000 – margaret gamble, south carolina state representative
2000 – mickey whatley, south carolina state representative
2000 – randy sauder, georgia state representative
2001 – john a. lawless, pennsylvania house of representatives.
2001 – kathy ashe, georgia state representative
2001 – barbara mcilvaine smith, pennsylvania state representative
2002 – d. g. anderson, former hawaii state senator
2002 – charles r. larson, former superintendent of united states naval academy (1983–1986 , 1994–1998)
2002 – ray nagin, later mayor of new orleans (2002–2010)
2002 – douglas stalnaker, west virginia house of delegates
2003 – michael decker, north carolina state representative
2003 – barbara hafer, state treasurer of pennsylvania (1997–2005)
2003 – corey corbin, new hampshire state representative
2003 – stan moody, maine state representative
2003 - nancy boyda, later u.s. representative kansas (2005–2007)
2003 – john e. moore, later lieutenant governor of kansas (2003–2007)
2004 – arthur mayo, maine state senator
2004 – scott dix, georgia state representative
2005 – tim mahoney, later u.s. representative florida (2007–2009)
2005 – paul j. morrison, district attorney johnson county, kansas, later kansas attorney general (2006–2007)
2005 – steve lukert, kansas state representative
2006 – james webb, former united states secretary of navy (1987–1988), later u.s. senator virginia (2007–2013)
2006 – mark parkinson, kansas state senator, later lieutenant governor of kansas (2007–2009) , governor of kansas (2009–2011)
2006 – charles barkley, former nba basketball player, in anticipation of running governor of alabama in 2014
2006 – nancy riley, oklahoma state senator
2006 – kate witek, nebraska auditor of public accounts (1999-2007)
2006 – sam kitzenberg, montana state senator.
2006 – rodney tom, washington state representative
2006 – diana urban, connecticut state representative.
2006 – cindy neighbor, kansas state representative
2006 – barney giese, county prosecutor of richland county, south carolina
2006 – wendy davis, member of fort worth city council, later texas state senator , 2014 democratic nominee governor of texas
2007 – pete mccloskey, former u.s. representative california (1967–1983)
2007 – walter boasso, louisiana state senator
2007 – paul d. froehlich, illinois state representative
2007 – mike spano, new york state assemblyman
2007 – janet difiore, westchester county ny district attorney
2007 – chris koster, missouri state senator, later missouri attorney general (2009–2017) , 2016 democratic nominee governor of missouri
2007 – milward dedman, kentucky state representative
2007 – melvin b. henley, kentucky state representative
2007 – kirk england, texas state representative
2007 – james hovland, mayor of edina, minnesota
2007 – francis bodine, new jersey state representative
2007 – debbie stafford, colorado state representative
2007 – fred jarrett, washington state representative
2007 – karen awana, hawaii state representative
2007 – mike gabbard, hawaii state senator
2008 – lou thieblemont, mayor of camp hill
2009 – dale swenson, kansas state representative

2010s

2010 – steve fox, later california state assemblyman
2011 – daniel boman, alabama state representative
2011 – wade hurt, kentucky state representative
2011 – patrick murphy, later served u.s. representative florida (2013–2017)
2012 - ron erhardt, minnesota state representative
2012 – peter koo, new york city councilman
2013 – jean schodorf, kansas state senator
2013 – tom o halleran, former arizona state senator, later u.s. representative arizona (2017–present)
2013 – brad ashford, nebraska state senator, later u.s. representative nebraska (2015–2017)
2013 – john bohlinger, former lieutenant governor of montana (2005–2013)
2013 - lawrence e. meyers, texas court of criminal appeals judge.
2014 – aaron johanson, hawaii state representative
2015 - john ceretto, new york state assemblyman
2015 - jim justice, later governor of west virginia (2017–present), switched republican in 2017.
2017 - christine scales, indianapolis city-county councilwoman





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