the governor of illinois is a republican.
the governor of illinois is a republican.
is the governor of illinois a democrat or a republican?
republican
other political figures, such as ed koch, jim leach, zell miller, colin powell, did not formally leave their parties, but supported a candidate from another party. miller and koch, though democrats, supported republican george w. bush's 2004 reelection campaign, while powell and leach supported barack obama's 2008 presidential campaign. this received much media attention in 2004, when democrats for bush and republicans for kerry groups were formed. in new hampshire, former republican governor walter peterson has expressly supported democrat john lynch in his bids for governor. in virginia, the state's first republican governor since reconstruction, linwood holton, has since 2001 frequently supported democrats in statewide races – his son-in-law, tim kaine, has been elected to the governorship and the u.s. senate in that time, and served as chairman of the democratic national committee and the democratic party's nominee for vice president in the 2016 election – and endorsed barack obama in 2008. similarly, in 1860, former democratic president martin van buren ended up supporting abraham lincoln due to van buren's disagreements with democratic policies on secession. other examples include former republican senator from minnesota david durenberger supporting john kerry in 2004 and former democratic attorney general griffin bell supporting george w. bush in 2004. moreover, former u.s. secretary of agriculture and democrat mike espy endorsed incumbent republican governor of mississippi haley barbour for reelection in 2007. on august 3, 2017, west virginia governor jim justice announced that he had rejoined the republican party after having been elected as a democrat less than a year prior. he made the announcement at a donald trump rally in huntington and also confirmed his support for the sitting president. justice claimed that he was returning to the gop because he could not help trump as a democrat. the announcement came as a surprise to his own staff. this also made justice the first republican governor of west virginia since cecil underwood in 2001. conversely, republican congressman justin amash of michigan left the gop to become an independent on july 4, 2019, due to his opposition to trump.
party switching in the united states
bullet::::- evelyn m. bowles, illinois state senator









































bullet::::- hedy burress, actress ("he's just not that into you", "foxfire," "if these walls could talk," and "valentine")









































bullet::::- edward coles, businessman and the second governor of illinois









































bullet::::- charles s. deneen, us senator and the 23rd governor of illinois









































bullet::::- elizabeth donald, author and reporter with the "belleville news-democrat"









































bullet::::- ninian edwards, us senator, judge, governor of the illinois territory, and the third governor of illinois; edwardsville is named after him.









































bullet::::- thomas ford, illinois supreme court judge, author, and the eighth governor of illinois









































bullet::::- earl e. herrin, illinois state representative
edwardsville, illinois