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Line 50: − − *Former Senator [[Arlen Specter]] of [[Pennsylvania]], who became a Democrat in 2009. − − *Former Senator [[Lincoln Chafee]] of [[Rhode Island]], who became an Independent in 2007. − − *Former Senator [[Lowell Weicker]] of [[Connecticut]], who left the party and formed his own local one in 1990, then became an Independent in 1995. − − *[[New York City]] Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]], who became an Independent in 2007. − − *Former Senator [[Jim Jeffords]] of [[Vermont]], who left the Party and became a Democrat in 2001, giving control of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] to the Democrats. − − *Former Governor [[Charlie Crist]] of [[Florida]], who became an independent in 2010 after it was clear he would lose his Senate bid. − − *Former Representative [[John Anderson]] of [[Illinois]], who became an Independent after losing his party's presidential primary in 1980. Line 116:
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moving some "defeated RINOs" to the new list of former RINOs who left the party
*[[Jon Bruning]], who lost a double-digit lead in a stunning upset for the [[Republican]] nomination for [[U.S. Senate]] in [[Nebraska]] in 2012.
*[[Jon Bruning]], who lost a double-digit lead in a stunning upset for the [[Republican]] nomination for [[U.S. Senate]] in [[Nebraska]] in 2012.
*Former President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], because he regulated the economy and used social justice.
*Former President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], because he regulated the economy and used social justice.
* Former [[New Mexico]] Governor [[Gary Johnson]] supports same-sex marriage and abortion (although he opposes abortion once the fetus becomes viable outside the mother's body). After switching to the [[Libertarian Party]] in 2012 to run for President, he openly admitted that he governed New Mexico for eight years as a RINO, even using the phrase "Republican in name only" on multiple occasions. The Libertarian Party is [[liberal]] on social issues (with the exception that they support [[gun rights]]) but are fiscally very conservative.
* Former [[New Mexico]] Governor [[Gary Johnson]] supports same-sex marriage and abortion (although he opposes abortion once the fetus becomes viable outside the mother's body). After switching to the [[Libertarian Party]] in 2012 to run for President, he openly admitted that he governed New Mexico for eight years as a RINO, even using the phrase "Republican in name only" on multiple occasions. The Libertarian Party is [[liberal]] on social issues (with the exception that they support [[gun rights]]) but are fiscally very conservative.
* Former Senator [[Arlen Spector]] supported ObamaCare and switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party to give the latter a 60-40 edge in the Senate and allow them to enact [[cloture]] on the Republican [[filibuster]]
* Former Senator [[Arlen Specter]] supported ObamaCare and switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party to give the latter a 60-40 edge in the Senate and allow them to enact [[cloture]] on the Republican [[filibuster]]
*Former Senator [[Lincoln Chafee]] of [[Rhode Island]], who became an Independent in 2007.
*Former Senator [[Lowell Weicker]] of [[Connecticut]], who left the party and formed his own local one in 1990, then became an Independent in 1995.
*[[New York City]] Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]], who became an Independent in 2007.
*Former Senator [[Jim Jeffords]] of [[Vermont]], who left the Party and became a Democrat in 2001, giving control of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] to the Democrats.
*Former Governor [[Charlie Crist]] of [[Florida]], who became an independent in 2010 after it was clear he would lose his Senate bid.
*Former Representative [[John Anderson]] of [[Illinois]], who became an Independent after losing his party's presidential primary in 1980.
==RINO McCain==
==RINO McCain==