Nine political figures who switched parties

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Washington Examiner:

Former Sen. James Jeffords rocked Washington in 2001 when he quit the Republican Party and became an independent, tipping control of the Senate to the Democrats. But the Vermont lawmaker, who died Monday, hardly was the first high-profile political figure to forsake his party. Here are eight others who left their party or switched political allegiances.

 

Arlen Specter

 

Arlen Specter (Photo: Carolyn Kaster/Washington Examiner)

The former senator from Pennsylvania originally was a Democrat but switched to the GOP during a successful bid for Philadelphia district attorney in 1965. He later served in the Senate as a Republican but changed back to the Democrats a year before a failed re-election attempt in 2010.

 

Charlie Crist

 

Charlie Crist in 2010 (Examiner file)

Another double-switcher, Crist was a longtime Republican Florida state lawmaker and cabinet member before voters sent him to the governor's mansion in 2006. But after trailing Tea Party-backed Marco Rubio for the Republican Senate nomination in 2010, Crist became an independent, allowing him to bypass the primaries and land on the general election ballot. The move didn't work, as Rubio easily won. Crist then joined the Democratic Party late in 2012 and now is running again for governor.

[Valin]

James Jeffords is dead.

 

I'm trying really hard to care, because that is what we are supposed to do....but....

[Geee]

James Jeffords is dead.

 

I'm trying really hard to care, because that is what we are supposed to do....but....

Ditto - that' all I'm sayin'