the governor of california is democratic.
the governor of california is democratic.
is the governor of california democrat or republican?
democratic
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
democrat, california









































democrat, originally democrat hill, is a former settlement in nevada county, california. it lay on the chalk bluff ridge, about 1 mile south of what is now highway 20, about 6 miles southeast of the town of washington and about 1 mile east of remington hill. its elevation was 4170 feet (1271 m).









































it was established in 1856 as democrat hill by miners who struck it rich in the area. as a local newspaper reported:
democrat, california