Which party was Arlen Specter originally a member of before 1965?
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Democratic. Arlen Specter was a member of the Democratic Party before 1965. He switched to the Republican Party in 1965, citing his dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party's stance on the Vietnam War and civil rights. Specter served as a Republican senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 until his death in 2012.
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