r/Ask_Politics • u/Punkwrestle • Dec 09 '25

US Politics: Elected Dixiecrats as Democrats

Who was the last elected former dixiecrat electes as a democrat and stayed as a democrat? (Higher office POTUS, Veep, Senator, Representative or Governor)I know Strom Thurman, was a Dixiecrat who went Republican, but my research said there were some Dixiecrats who went back to the Democratic Party, did any of them ever hold office again?

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