Independent Politician

Independent politicians are politicians who do not officially belong to a political party. Some independent politicians may be former members of a political party, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party has selected another candidate as its nominee. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national, state, or local level but believe they should not formally represent it at another level.

History
In the United States, there has been one President who was not affiliated with a political party it’s first, George Washington. Since the end of his tenure, the country has long been a two party system with the Democratic and Republican Parties serving as the two major parties in modern times. However, nonpartisan and third party candidates have been elected at the local, state, and federal level throughout the nation’s history. Currently there are no independents serving in either house of Congress and no nonpartisan Governors but they do currently hold office at the state and local level and hold the mayorships of major cities such as Washington, D.C..

Notable Independents

 * George Washington, 1st President of the United States.


 * Ron Colfer, the owner of Free State Brewing Company who was a Republican candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1986 and ran as an independent in the general election against Republican Governor Dan Barnett.


 * Jocelyn Carter-Hayes, incumbent Mayor of Washington, D.C. since 2019.


 * John Davies, a South Australian Legislator who testified before Congress during the confirmation process to name former U.S. Senator Rick Leavitt of Nevada as U.S. Ambassador to Australia citing potential conflicts of interest as Leavitt’s casino-hotel company had done extensive business in Australia and contributed to the “enablement of Australia’s toxic gambling culture”.