Name
|
Office
|
Date of party switch
|
Old party
|
New party
|
Notes
|
Refs
|
Max Abramson
|
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Rockingham-20 district
|
May 2016
|
Republican
|
Libertarian
|
Left office to
run for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016 as a Libertarian. Was
re-elected to the New Hampshire House in 2018 as a Republican.
|
[41]
|
June 28, 2019
|
Republican
|
Independent
|
Became an independent as he campaigned to be the
nominee for President of the United States in 2020 of the Libertarian Party, the Veterans Party, and the
Reform Party. Was
elected to a seat in a different district in the New Hampshire House in 2020 as a Republican.
|
[42]
|
Roy Daryl Adams
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from the 62nd district
|
April 27, 2023
|
Independent
|
Democratic
|
|
[43]
|
Dawn Addiego
|
Member of the
New Jersey Senate from the
8th district
|
January 28, 2019
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[44]
|
Robert Adley
|
Member of the
Louisiana Senate from the
36th district
|
December 10, 2007
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Switched parties after the
2007 Louisiana elections to align with incoming governor
Bobby Jindal.
|
[45]
[46]
|
Scott Angelle
|
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
|
October 26, 2010
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Appointed by Republican
Bobby Jindal to serve until the conclusion of the
2010 special election to replace
Mitch Landrieu, who had been elected
Mayor of New Orleans. Previously served as Louisiana Secretary of Natural Resources, appointed by Democrat
Kathleen Blanco. Re-appointed by Jindal to that position following the election.
|
[47]
|
Bill Archer
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the
22nd district, 5th seat
|
December 7, 1967
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[48]
[49]
|
Karen Awana
|
Member of the
Hawaii House of Representatives from the 44th district
|
December 19, 2007
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[50]
|
Richard Baker
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from
East Baton Rouge Parish
|
May 31, 1985
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[51]
|
Robert Barham
|
Louisiana State Senator from the
33rd district
|
February 9, 2001
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Announced after a visit to the
White House following an invitation from President
George W. Bush.
|
[52]
|
Taylor Barras
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from
Iberia Parish
|
August 12, 2011
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[53]
|
Eli Bebout
|
Member of the
Wyoming House of Representatives from the 55th district
|
April 26, 1994
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[54]
|
Walter Boasso
|
Member of the
Louisiana Senate from the
1st district
|
April 26, 2007
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
|
Audie Bock
|
Member of the
California State Assembly from the
16th district
|
1999
|
Green
|
No party preference
|
|
|
Barbara Bollier
|
Member of the
Kansas Senate from the
7th district
|
December 12, 2018
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[55]
|
Mike Bowers
|
Attorney General of Georgia
|
1994
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Michael Don Brandenburg
|
Member of the
North Dakota House of Representatives from the 28th district
|
October 2, 1994
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[56]
|
Nickey Browning
|
Member of the
Mississippi State Senate from the 3rd district
|
March 27, 2013
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[57]
|
Buddy Caldwell
|
Attorney General of Louisiana
|
2011
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[58]
|
Sonny Callahan
|
Member of the
Alabama Senate
|
January 30, 1984
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[59]
|
Charles T. Canady
|
Member of the
Florida House of Representatives from the 44th district
|
June 1999
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Videt Carmichael
|
Member of the
Mississippi State Senate from the 33rd district
|
May 2002
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[60]
|
Lincoln Chafee
|
Governor of Rhode Island
|
May 30, 2013
|
Independent
|
Democratic
|
Previously served in the
U.S. Senate (1999-2007) as a Republican before becoming an Independent.
|
[61]
|
Stephanie Clayton
|
Member of the
Kansas House of Representatives from the 19th district
|
December 19, 2018
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[62]
|
Matthew Coker
|
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Belknap-2 district
|
February 8, 2024
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[63]
|
Linda Collins
|
Member of the
Arkansas House of Representatives from the 61st district
|
August 2011
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[64]
|
Tricia Cotham
|
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives from the
112th district
|
April 5, 2023
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Switched parties after receiving backlash for missing a vote on an assault weapons ban.
|
[65]
|
Charlie Crist
|
Governor of Florida
|
May 13, 2010
|
Republican
|
Independent
|
Later elected to congress as a Democrat.
|
[66]
|
William Daniel
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from
East Baton Rouge Parish
|
2005
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Hunt Downer
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from
Terrebonne and
Lafourche Parishes
|
February 9, 2001
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Announced after a visit to the
White House following an invitation from President
George W. Bush.
|
[67]
|
Aubrey Dunn Jr.
|
New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
|
January 2018
|
Republican
|
Libertarian
|
|
[68]
|
Noble Ellington
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives
|
2010
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[69]
|
Kirk England
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the
106th district
|
September 20, 2007
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[70]
|
Bernard Erickson
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the
58th district
|
December 31, 1993
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[71]
|
Ryan Ferns
|
Member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates from the 3rd district
|
November 2013
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Shaun Filiault
|
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Cheshire-7 district
|
June 7, 2023
|
Democratic
|
Independent
|
|
[72]
|
Beth Fukumoto
|
Member of the
Hawaii House of Representatives from the 36th district
|
2017
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[73]
|
Mike Gabbard
|
Member of the
Hawaii Senate from the 19th district
|
August 30, 2007
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[74]
|
Avel Gordly
|
Member of the
Oregon Senate from the 23rd district
|
2006
|
Democratic
|
Independent
|
|
[75]
|
Mark Grisanti
|
Member of the
New York Senate from the
60th district
|
2011
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Henry Grover
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the 23rd district
|
February 3, 1966
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[76]
|
Elbert Guillory
|
Member of the
Louisiana Senate from the
24th district
|
May 31, 2013
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[77]
|
Ryan Guillen
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the 31st district
|
November 15, 2021
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[78]
|
Barbara Hafer
|
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
|
2003
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[79]
|
Bob Hanner
|
Member of the
Georgia House of Representatives
|
2010
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[80]
|
Jim Hendren
|
Member of the
Arkansas Senate from the 2nd district
|
February 18, 2021
|
Republican
|
Independent
|
Left the Republican Party following the January 6, 2021,
U.S. Capitol attack.
|
[81]
|
Michelle Henry
|
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
|
March 2023
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
Joined the Democratic Party after succeeding
Josh Shapiro as Attorney General.
|
[82]
|
Joy Hofmeister
|
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction
|
October 7, 2021
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
Switched after announcing her intention to challenge to Republican Governor
Kevin Stitt in the
2022 election.
|
[83]
|
Chuck Hopson
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the
11th district
|
November 6, 2009
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[84]
|
Eric Hutchings
|
Member of the
Utah House of Representatives from the 38th district
|
2001
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[85]
|
Cindy Hyde-Smith
|
Member of the
Mississippi Senate from the 39th district
|
December 28, 2010
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Later appointed and
elected to the
U.S. Senate as a Republican.
|
[86]
|
Dan Hynes
|
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough-2 district
|
June 13, 2023
|
Republican
|
Independent
|
|
[87]
|
Virginia Isbell
|
Member of the
Hawaii House of Representatives from the 5th district
|
December 23, 1987
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[88]
|
Mike Jacobs
|
Member of the
Georgia House of Representatives from the 80th district
|
June 19, 2007
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Glenn Jeffries
|
Member of the
West Virginia Senate from the
8th district
|
December 1, 2022
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[89]
|
Evan Jenkins
|
Member of the
West Virginia Senate from the
5th district
|
July 2013
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[90]
|
Woody Jenkins
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from
East Baton Rouge Parish
|
1994
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Aaron Ling Johanson
|
Member of the
Hawaii House of Representatives from the 31st district
|
December 29, 2014
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[91]
|
Dean Johnson
|
Minnesota State Senator
|
2000
|
Republican
|
DFL
|
|
[92]
|
Jim Justice
|
Governor of West Virginia
|
2017
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Justice had previously been a Republican until switching to the Democratic Party in 2015 to run for Governor of West Virginia.
[93]
|
[94]
|
John Kennedy
|
Treasurer of Louisiana
|
August 27, 2007
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Later
elected to the
U.S. Senate as a Republican.
|
[95]
|
Bob Krist
|
Member of the
Nebraska Legislature from the 10th district
|
February 2018
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[96]
|
Jeremy LaCombe
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from the 18th district
|
April 10, 2023
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[97]
|
Steve Lebsock
|
Member of the
Colorado House of Representatives from the 34th district
|
March 2, 2018
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Changed party affiliation prior to expulsion from the Colorado House of Representatives due to allegations of sexual harassment.
|
[98]
|
Jan Lee
|
Member of the
Oregon House of Representatives from the 10th district
|
June 2001
|
Republican
|
Independent
|
|
[99]
|
2001
|
Independent
|
Democratic
|
|
|
J. M. Lozano
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the 43rd district
|
March 8, 2012
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[100]
|
Mesha Mainor
|
Member of the
Georgia House of Representatives from the 56th district
|
July 11, 2023
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Switched parties after receiving backlash for being the only Democrat to vote for a school voucher bill.
|
[101]
|
Kevin Mannix
|
Member of the
Oregon House of Representatives from the 32nd district
|
1997
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Chad Mayes
|
Member of the
California State Assembly from the
42nd district
|
December 6, 2019
|
Republican
|
Independent
|
|
[102]
|
Andy McKean
|
Member of the
Iowa House of Representatives from the
58th district
|
April 2019
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[103]
|
Stanford Morse
|
Member of the
Mississippi State Senate from
Harrison and
Stone Counties
|
March 27, 1963
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[104]
|
Robert R. Neall
|
Member of the
Maryland State Senate from the 33rd district
|
November 12, 1999
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
Later re-joined the Republican Party.
|
|
Howard Oda
|
Member of the
Hawaii House of Representatives from the 22nd district
|
November 7, 1975
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[105]
|
Marshall Parker
|
Member of the
South Carolina Senate from
Oconee County
|
March 9, 1966
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[106]
|
Aaron Peña
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the 40th district
|
December 14, 2010
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[107]
|
Sonny Perdue
|
Member of the
Georgia State Senate from the 18th district
|
1998
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Later elected
Governor of Georgia.
|
[108]
|
Maria Perez
|
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough-43 district
|
October 2, 2023
|
Democratic
|
Independent
|
|
[109]
|
Rick Perry
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the
64th district
|
September 29, 1989
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Later elected
Governor of Texas.
|
[110]
|
Rupie Phillips
|
Member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates from the 24th district
|
January 26, 2017
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Kevin Priola
|
Member of the
Colorado Senate from the
25th district
|
August 22, 2022
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
Switched parties after expressing concern about the Republican embrace of 2020 election conspiracies.
|
[111]
|
Elliott Pritt
|
Member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates from the 50th district
|
April 17, 2023
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[112]
|
Allan Ritter
|
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives from the 21st district
|
December 14, 2010
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[113]
|
Joel Robideaux
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from
Lafayette Parish
|
2011
|
Independent
|
Republican
|
|
|
Shane Robinson
|
Member of the
Maryland House of Delegates from the 39th district
|
November 21, 2018
|
Democratic
|
Green
|
|
|
Buddy Roemer
|
Governor of Louisiana
|
March 1991
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Thomas M. Salmon
|
Vermont Auditor of Accounts
|
2009
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[114]
|
Jarrod Sammis
|
Member of the
Vermont House of Representatives from the Rutland-3 district
|
May 3, 2023
|
Republican
|
Libertarian
|
|
[115]
|
Meagan C. Simonaire
|
Member of the
Maryland House of Delegates from District 31B
|
October 15, 2018
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
|
J. Roland Smith
|
Member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives from the 84th district
|
August 18, 1993
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[116]
[117]
|
Mike Spano
|
Member of the
New York State Assembly
|
2007
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
|
Floyd Spence
|
Member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives from
Lexington County
|
April 14, 1962
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[118]
|
Chris Steineger
|
Member of the
Kansas Senate from the
6th district
|
2010
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Dale Swenson
|
Member of the
Kansas House of Representatives from the 97th district
|
2008
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
|
Dinah Sykes
|
Member of the
Kansas Senate from the
21st district
|
December 2018
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
[119]
|
Johnny Tadlock
|
Member of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 1st district
|
2018
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[120]
|
Francis C. Thompson
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from the 19th district
|
March 17, 2023
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[121]
|
Samuel D. Thompson
|
Member of the
New Jersey Senate from the
12th district
|
February 13, 2023
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
Switched parties after Republicans supported his primary challenger.
|
[122]
|
Gray Tollison
|
Member of the
Mississippi Senate from the 9th district
|
November 11, 2011
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|
Amy Tuck
|
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
|
2002
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[123]
|
Wanda Vázquez Garced
|
Governor of Puerto Rico
|
2019
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[124]
[125]
[126]
|
Jesse Ventura
|
Governor of Minnesota
|
2000
|
Reform
|
Independence
|
|
|
Christine Watkins
|
Member of the
Utah House of Representatives from the 69th district
|
December 2012
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
[127]
|
Kent Williams
|
Member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives from the 4th district
|
February 9, 2009
|
Republican
|
Independent
|
Expelled by
Tennessee Republican Party.
|
|
Kate Witek
|
Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts
|
August 2006
|
Republican
|
Democratic
|
|
|
Ernest Wooton
|
Member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives from
Jefferson,
Plaquemines,
St. Charles Parishes
|
2005
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
|
|