I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.
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I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican.
In 1980, I watched my first Republican convention with my grandfather.
I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.
For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.
I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.
I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.
My dad was a Republican. My mom - my mom was mostly a Republican, although she voted for McGovern over Nixon. She was really proud of that. She also did, however, work for Trent Lott.
I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.
I chose the Republican Party early on in the 1950s and 1960s in Massachusetts. My father was a Republican, as was my mother, in Virginia.
I have been a Republican since 1966.