Changes

==U.S. Senate==

==U.S. Senate==

Although a [[Moderate Republican]],<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/21/the-rockefeller-republicans/ The Rockefeller Republicans]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> Flanders was generally considered a member of the more [[conservative]] wing of the Vermont GOP.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/23/the-bizarre-political-transformation-of-vermont/ The Bizarre Political Transformation of Vermont]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> In the 1940 Senate special race, he unsuccessfully ran against [[George D. Aiken]], a more liberal Republican, in the primary.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377686 VT US Senate - Special R Primary Race - Sep 10, 1940]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> Coincidentally, they would later serve together in the Senate.

Although a [[Moderate Republican]],<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/21/the-rockefeller-republicans/ The Rockefeller Republicans]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> Flanders was generally considered a member of the more [[conservative]] wing of the Vermont GOP.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/23/the-bizarre-political-transformation-of-vermont/ The Bizarre Political Transformation of Vermont]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> In the 1940 Senate special race, he unsuccessfully ran against [[George D. Aiken]], a more liberal Republican, in the primary.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377686 VT US Senate - Special R Primary Race - Sep 10, 1940]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> Coincidentally, they would later serve together in the Senate.