It turned Republican over the slavery issue, he said.

The Shenandoah Valley had been among the first regions of the state to turn Republican.

Ten chambers shifted party control, with seven turning Democratic while three turned Republican.

Democrats have lost the House, held the Senate and seen governor's mansions turn Republican.

But for those Georgians who had turned Republican for personal gain, there was no excuse.

I just hope my being here tonight won't make anybody think I've turned Republican.

Over the past few decades, those switching parties in the South were mostly Democrats turning Republican.

The Republican party line was, of course, that the country is turning Republican.

He entered office in 1950 as a nonpartisan senator before turning Republican in 1952.

Thinking romantically about a friend seemed as impossible to her as suddenly turning Republican.