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* Former Senator [[Arlen Specter]] of [[Pennsylvania]] supported ObamaCare and switched from the Republican Party to the Democrat Party to give the latter a 60-40 edge in the Senate and allow them to enact [[cloture]] on the Republican [[filibuster]]. He had also been a Democrat until he switched to Republican affiliation in 1965 in his successful race for district attorney in [[Philadelphia]].

* Former Senator [[Arlen Specter]] of [[Pennsylvania]] supported ObamaCare and switched from the Republican Party to the Democrat Party to give the latter a 60-40 edge in the Senate and allow them to enact [[cloture]] on the Republican [[filibuster]]. He had also been a Democrat until he switched to Republican affiliation in 1965 in his successful race for district attorney in [[Philadelphia]].

*Former [[New York City]] [[Mayor]] [[John V. Lindasy]] in 1969 won reelection on the Liberal Party slate and two years later switch to Democrat and fared poorly in a bid for his new party's presidential nomination.

*Former [[New York City]] [[Mayor]] [[John V. Lindsay]] in 1969 won reelection on the Liberal Party slate and two years later switch to Democrat and fared poorly in a bid for his new party's presidential nomination.

*Former Senator [[Lincoln Chafee]] of [[Rhode Island]], who became an Independent in 2007. Turned Democrat in 2013.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lincoln-chafee-to-switch-parties-sources-say-91994.html</ref>

*Former Senator [[Lincoln Chafee]] of [[Rhode Island]], who became an Independent in 2007. Turned Democrat in 2013.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lincoln-chafee-to-switch-parties-sources-say-91994.html</ref>