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US Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter was both a Democrat and a Republican during his term in office. From 1951 to 1965 Specter was a Democrat and became a Republican from 1965 to 2009 and then became a Democrat yet again for the remainder of his time in office, until 2011.

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Arlen Specter was initially affiliated with the Republican Party. However, in 2009, he switched his party affiliation to the Democratic Party.

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