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	Rep. Hall of Texas switches from Democrat to Republican - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Texas Rep. Ralph M. Hall switched parties last night, filing for re-election as a Republican after nearly a quarter-century as one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress.
		Speculation that he might switch parties first surfaced in 1995, when the GOP gained control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
		Texas Republican Party spokesman Ted Royer said Hall was the 174th elected Texas Democrat to join the Republican Party since 1992.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040102-112745-2961r.htm (513 words)

	Party switching in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In United States politics, party switching is any change in party affiliation of a partisan public figure, usually one who is currently holding elected office.
		The incumbent may be a member of the minority party in a legislature and would like to gain the advantages of being in the majority party, such as the potential to chair a committee.
		The Republican Party was also formed by a massive party switch in 1854 when northern members of the Whig, American and Free Soil parties, along with a few northern Democrats, formed the Republican Party, and many Southern Whigs became Democrats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Party_switching_in_the_United_States (2769 words)

	Party-Switchers Affect Governments
		State lawmakers have shown again and again in recent years that they're not afraid to switch parties and change the balance of political power, even at the risk of voter backlash.
		When U.S. Sen. James Jeffords announced his decision Thursday to leave the Republican Party, it was the first time control of the U.S. Senate would flip because a member switched parties, according to historians.
		In earlier years, parties were fueled by patronage, and maintained much stronger loyalty among politicians and voters alike, said Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Millersville University in Pennsylvania.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20010524/aponline105753_000.htm (653 words)

	AEI - Short Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		To leave the party whose ticket you have run on, whose donors you have solicited and whose membership includes your family, closest friends and staff is an act of betrayal.
		Nineteen members have switched parties since 1976, and this is not counting a few outliers, such as Matthew Martinez, who became a Republican for the last few months of his career after losing in a Democratic primary, and Bob Smith, who left the Republicans briefly, only to return.
		Typically, switches occur in states that are changing in party allegiance, such as in Southern states that moved into the Republican column or Northeast states moving in the other direction.
	www.aei.org /publications/filter.all,pubID.24461/pub_detail.asp (617 words)

	Students have parties switched by bogus petitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Scores of college students in Pennsylvania and Oregon have had their voting registrations switched by teams of canvassers circulating bogus petitions and, in some cases, partially concealed voter registration forms students were requested to sign.
		After signing their names, the students were pressured into registering with the Republican Party by being told that their signatures otherwise would be invalid, or they were asked to fill out the signature and address portions of blank voter registration forms as proof of citizenship.
		Elections officials yesterday said the switch in party registration would not affect the students' eligibility to cast ballots for the candidates of their choice on Nov. 2, although it could determine the party primaries in which they could take part in the future.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04296/399788.stm (896 words)

	Our Thoughts » Blog Archive » Cabinet
		The MP that switched parties (like a week later) was voted in as a Liberal in an place in Vancouver that ALWAYS votes either NDP or Liberal.
		And this is particularly a big deal because the Conservatives made a huge stink when Belinda Stronach switched parties after being elected as a Conservative, and switched to the Liberal party (at least she waited awhile…but still, it was the wrong thing to do).
		So, when you are a candidate representing a party and you are voted in, switching parties right after the election is a betrayal of your constituency.
	www.ourthoughts.ca /2006/02/07/cabinet (2227 words)

	Kansas City Star \| 07/08/2006 \| Candidates explain why they switched (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Whether the state is seeing the beginning of a trend that features a more robust Democratic Party and a Kansas GOP shorn of its moderate base remains to be seen.
		Switched parties because: “The Republican Party has gotten a little far away from where it ought to be.
		Switched parties because: “Several things in the (Republican) platform were not what I thought I could agree with.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/news/14991794.htm (626 words)

	Waldo Jaquith » Blog » Why Virgil Goode switched parties. (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The best efforts of the Democratic Party were insufficient to keep Goode, not because of ideological reasons but because, as all of the coverage at the time makes clear, the Republican Party was in a position to give him power that Democrats had no ability to grant him.
		A Republican Party source said the GOP is discussing offering Goode the powerful chairmanship of the finance committee if he will support the party or excuse himself from his seat Jan. 10 when the Senate meets to organize.
		He was just smart about switching and made sure that he got some benefits from a switch that was a natural anyway.
	waldo.jaquith.org.cob-web.org:8888 /blog/2005/11/why-virgil-goode-switched-parties (3216 words)

	CNN.com - Party switching comes with political risks - May 23, 2001
		Often the switcher faces the full financial and strategic force of his or her abandoned political party during the re-election campaign and falls prey to a party scorned.
		Matthew Martinez of California switched from the Democrats to the GOP after losing his re-election bid in the Democratic primary.
		Martinez denied that the switch was because of his primary loss and said he was "disappointed" but not "bitter" toward his former Democratic colleagues for failing to support repeals of the so-called marriage penalty and estate taxes.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/23/party.switchers (673 words)

	HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - Giannetti switches parties for re-election bid (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		has switched parties in a bid to retain his seat, just two weeks after he lost in the primary election.
		Giannetti announced last night that he had switched his party affiliation and would run as a Republican.
		Party officials said the two central committees that represent the district would nominate Mr.
	www.hometownannapolis.com.cob-web.org:8888 /cgi-bin/read/2006/09_26-50/TOP (548 words)

	ISwitched.org - Our Stories: Audrey Butler, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		What prompted me to switch parties was the recent gubernatorial race here in Maryland.
		I was initially hesitant to switch parties because the Green Party is a smaller party, but I have decided that I can no longer continue to contribute to the political status quo.
		I have decided that it is better to join the Green Party and be involved in the action of change.
	www.iswitched.org /profiles/butler.html (276 words)

	Issues : Political Parties (www.newsaic.com)
		The Republican Party re-gained control of the Senate and solidified its control of the House in the Nov. 5, 2002 mid-term elections, thus placing the legislative and executive branches fully in the control of one party for the first time in years.
		The majority party in the Senate gets to lead the Senate committees and thus can push their actions, such as making permanent the Bush tax cut of 2001, the creation of a homeland security department, and the confirmation of conservative federal judges.
		Third parties and third-party candidates cover a wide spectrum; there were at least 13 candidates in the 1992 election, at least 23 candidates in 1996, and at least 17 candidates in the 2000 election, though only Ross Perot and Ralph Nader won more than 1 percent of the popular vote in any of these elections.
	www.newsaic.com /mwparties.html (1903 words)

	Democrat Calls Congressman Who Switched a 'Coward'
		I think it is kind of funny how Democrats are acting because Alexander switched parties, when a few years earlier Tom Daschle was acting like a gushing bride when Senator Jeffer's switched from Republican to Independent and it gave the Democrats the majority in the Senate.
		So he did what he thought was the best thing to do and switch party's and join the Republican's.
		I think both parties need to sit back and reevaluate their jobs in Washington and fix what is wrong and then maybe we will actually get things done that need to be done.
	journals.aol.com /mrdad3/JonsViews/entries/2004/08/08/democrat-calls-congressman-who-switched-a-coward/377 (348 words)

	American Politics Journal -- Thank you, Senator Jeffords
		Such switches aren't all that rare; there were already five other members of the Senate who had, at one point in their careers, switched parties.
		It was the first time since before the civil war that the southern reactionary right had controlled all three branches of government, and they were savage in their glee and intent on trampling the hated free and secular federalist state.
		Various right wingers, frantic at the loss of their grip on the government of the United States, demanded laws be passed forbidding politicians from switching parties.
	www.americanpolitics.com /20020527Zepp.html (1073 words)

	CNN.com - Texas Rep. Hall switches to GOP - Jan. 3, 2004
		Democratic Rep. Ralph Hall, the longest serving member of the Texas congressional delegation, told CNN Friday evening he has switched parties and will file to run for a 13th term as a Republican.
		The congressman's voting record is one of the most conservative in the House; he crossed party lines to endorse Bush's presidential bid in 2000 and was seriously considered for the post of energy secretary in the Bush administration.
		After Hall's switch, Republicans hold 229 seats in the House, to the Democrats' 204.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/02/elec04.h.party.switch/index.html (502 words)

	GOP defector says party is 'out of touch'
		Tom found himself voting against his caucus and the state party when he was a "yes" on last year's big transportation tax package, which included massive appropriations for local and regional projects.
		Some Republicans are waiting to see who gets the party nod for the White House, to see if the nominee moves the center of gravity a little closer to the middle, he said.
		There are many degrees of difference in our party, and we recognize that it takes different types of candidates to fit their districts.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/266902_gammons17.html (1310 words)

	Parties Libertarianism Liberalism Politics Society
		Candidate Garrett Hayes suggests that more voters are disgusted with both mainstream parties and are switching to Libertarianism.
		The major parties are leaving huge gaps in the political center as well as other...
		And I challenge all parties to work on this agenda as a matter of...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Politics/Liberalism/Libertarianism/Parties (363 words)

	Demos retaliate in party-switching case / Louisiana lawmaker who switched to GOP should be taken off ballot, lawyers to ...
		Alexander, a freshman narrowly elected as a Democrat in 2002, infuriated the party last Friday when, with less than 30 minutes to go before the filing deadline, he switched party affiliations.
		Alexander, who received $193,000 from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2002, became the second southern Democratic House member to switch parties since Pelosi became minority leader in November 2002, and is part of a growing swarm over the past decade.
		Alexander, 57, had considered switching parties earlier this year, but had backed off, and just last month was guest of honor at a fund-raiser hosted by Pelosi and other Democratic leaders.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/13/MNG7287D411.DTL (820 words)

	Why I Switched Political Parties
		If I didn't believe our county desperately needed a commissioner with the attributes I bring to the table, I might have been content to run as a Libertarian, and let the chips fall where they may. But 2004 was a very important election year, with a Presidential and U.S. Senate campaign in full swing.
		All that being said, I am proud to be able to represent the Republican Party as a Forsyth County Commissioner.
		I know I won't get the quote right, but Thomas Jefferson once claimed he could never conceive of being in a political party where he agreed with their views all the time.
	www.davidrichard.info /id20.html (373 words)

	ISwitched.org - Why We Joined The Green Party/Online Green Party Presidential Primary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Because our progressive friends in the other parties, and those who care about liberty and justice and the future of this planet, need to understand why we've made the decision to strike out on a new path, and join the Green Party.
		It is not intended to be commercial in any way, but we hope to at least partially recover our costs of operations and labor via donations (a portion of which will go to fund various Green Party activities we are involved with).
		I've been a Green since before the party qualified for ballot status in California, in 1990 - I registered Green as soon as I knew it was possible.
	www.iswitched.org (1278 words)

	LJWorld.com: On the Street: Are you surprised a former Kansas Republican Party chairman switched parties to run with ...
		Should the question be changed to "do I care?" Because my answer is no. I hate both parties, I hate the people that loyally contribute to the degradation of this country with their unending blind support.
		The only thing which keeps us stuck in a two party system is the fact that both parties keep telling us that they are all we have.
		It obviously doesn't occur to you that most people are just trying to get by and investing is a pipe dream for them, just as it didn't occur to her that if most of the French had no bread to eat they sure didn't have any freakin' cake to eat either.
	www2.ljworld.com /onthestreet/2006/jun/01/gop_switch (3876 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Republican Party has failed, so I joined the Constitution Party. We should no longer vote for the “lesser of two evils”. Abraham Lincoln was elected to the presidency on a 3
		Here is just one close-to-home example of what caused me to switch parties: It was another maddening “rubber stamp” approval of the current administration in taking away our liberties.
		It came at the hands of the Utah Republican Party delegates in their State Convention in 2005 when they completely ignored the Bill of Rights and upheld the un-constitutional USA Patriot Act.
	www.hudsonforcongress.com /subpage2.html (790 words)

	Brookline Democrat Diven switches to GOP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With Diven's switch, there will be 110 Republicans in the House and 92 Democrats, with one vacant seat from Eastern Pennsylvania to be filled next month.
		Allegheny County Republican officials are expected to meet within two or three weeks to pick their candidate for the May 17 election to fill the seat of Wagner, who is a Democrat.
		Diven's switch to the GOP isn't a big surprise to legislators and other state officials.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05030/450059.stm (564 words)

	Confessions of a Recovering Democrat
		On the state level, the Democratic Party's failure to win a legislative majority in either house and its lackluster candidates for statewide office have marginalized its influence in Colorado the last few years.
		This has greatly simplified the ballot process for small parties, resulting in the addition of a number of small parties fielding candidates, starting this November, including the Libertarians and the Greens.
		From my perspective, it seems that small party affiliation is now a viable option and the small party movement will only grow in a state where independents seem to equal or outnumber Democrats and Republicans.
	www.greens.org /colorado/artg.html (669 words)

	WOWT \| Party Switch Tosses Deputy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With Nebraska's primary election a week away, Douglas County's Chief Deputy Election Commissioner is out of a job because he switched parties.
		Dennis Womack switched from Democrat to Republican so he could vote in the GOP race for governor and the switch cost him his job.
		Since he switched political parties both he and the commissioner are Republicans and that's not allowed.
	www.wowt.com /news/headlines/2739971.html (307 words)

	Switching parties not an easy choice: 5/25/01 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		George, who left office in 1991, was alternately described as a principled man who voted with his conscience and as a man with questionable loyalty.
		Yesterday, local pols and local congressmen reflected on the difficulty in crossing party lines and why party-switching is rare.
		But that doesn't mean I'm going to vote the party line every time," he said.
	www.s-t.com.cob-web.org:8888 /daily/05-01/05-25-01/a05lo024.htm (406 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK Election 2005 \| Issues \| Changing sides on foreign policy
		It is one of the ironic features of modern British politics that the two major parties have switched roles on foreign policy over recent years.
		And so it is that Labour goes into the election as a pro-European party and the Conservatives, who took Britain into Europe in the first place, are now critical and suspicious.
		So the parties shift their positions from time to time, depending on events and personalities.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/issues/4377221.stm (664 words)

	Brad Warthen's Blog: Parties
		But the extremists in their respective parties (and that's who generally calls the shots in primaries in both parties) have twisted the terms, and their own standards of acceptance, into grotesque, unrecognizable shapes.
		This letter is related to the first, in that it illustrates the way that many Democrats are determined to keep their party the minority among partisans by rejecting certain lines of thought.
		Also, I curious as to why parties are still relevant at a time when thousands of untrackable dollars are spent by groups such as this one and this one on behalf of some Republicans in an effort to purge the Legislature and other state offices of certain other Republicans?
	blogs.thestate.com /bradwarthensblog/parties/index.html (10571 words)

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