Joe Lieberman (February 24, 1942 – March 27, 2024) was an

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politician, having served as a

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from

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from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the

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, he was the party's nominee for

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in the 2000 election. Later on, he became an

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Connecticut State Senate elections

Connecticut's 11th state senate district, 1970: * Joe Lieberman (D) - 14,956 (69.65%) * Daniel C. Perrotto (R) - 6,516 (30.35%) Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1972: * Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 19,548 (63.09%) * Clarence M. Whitney (R) - 11,434 (36.91%) Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1974: * Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 16,221 (74.53%) * Joseph F. Paceoni Jr. (R) - 5,543 (25.47%) Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1976: * Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 19,240 (68.56%) * Dorothy P. Mendygral (R) - 8,825 (31.44%) Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1978: * Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 14,741 (75.44%) * Edward Williams (R) - 4,798 (24.56%)

1980 congressional election

Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, 1980: * Lawrence DeNardis (R) - 117,024 (52.33%) * Joe Lieberman (D) - 103,903 (46.46%) * Joelle Fishman (Citizens) - 2,711 (1.21%) *

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- 10 (0.00%)

Connecticut Attorney General elections

1982 Connecticut Attorney General election: * Joe Lieberman (D) - 601,711 (58.14%) * William H. Champlin III (R) - 424,961 (41.06%) * Vincent Stuart Triola (Libertarian) - 8,351 (0.81%) 1986 Connecticut Attorney General election: * Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 613,742 (64.68%) * Richard E. Arnold (R) - 335,209 (35.32%)

U.S. Senate elections (1988-2000)

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988: * Joe Lieberman (D) - 688,499 (49.76%) *

Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (; born May 16, 1931) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1980. He wa ...

(R) (inc.) - 678,454 (49.04%) * Howard A. Grayson Jr. (LBT) - 12,409 (0.90%) * Melissa M. Fisher (New Alliance) - 4,154 (0.30%) * Others - 10 (0.00%) United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1994: * Joe Lieberman (D/ A Connecticut Party) (inc.) - 723,842 (67.04%) * Jerry Labriola (R) - 334,833 (31.01%) * Bruce Johnson (Concerned Citizens) - 20,989 (1.94%) United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2000: * Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 828,902 (63.21%) *

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(R) - 448,077 (34.17%) * William Kozak Jr. (Concerned Citizens) - 25,509 (1.95%) * Wildey J. Moore (LBT) - 8,773 (0.67%)

Presidential politics

2000 Democratic National Convention The 2000 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention for the Democratic Party. The convention nominated Vice President Al Gore for president and Senator Joe Lieberman from Connecticut for vice president. The ...

(Vice Presidential tally): * Joe Lieberman - 4,337 (100.00%)

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(R) - 50,460,110 (47.9%) and 271 electoral votes (30 states carried) *

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...

/ Joe Lieberman (D) - 51,003,926 (48.4%) and 266 electoral votes (20 states and D.C. carried) * Abstaining - 1 electoral vote ( Washington, D.C. faithless elector) * Ralph Nader/ Winona LaDuke ( Green) - 2,883,105 (2.7%) *

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/ Ezola Foster ( Reform) - 449,225 (0.4%) * Harry Browne/ Art Olivier (Libertarian) - 384,516 (0.4%) * Howard Phillips/Curtis Frazier ( Constitution) - 98,022 (0.1%) * John Hagelin/

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( Natural Law) - 83,702 (0.1%) * Others - 54,652 (0.1%) 2004 Democratic presidential primaries: * John Kerry - 9,930,497 (60.98%) * John Edwards - 3,162,337 (19.42%) * Howard Dean - 903,460 (5.55%) *

Dennis Kucinich Dennis John Kucinich (; born October 8, 1946) is an American politician. A U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1997 to 2013, he was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2004 and 2008. He ran for ...

- 620,242 (3.81%) * Wesley Clark - 547,369 (3.36%) * Al Sharpton - 380,865 (2.34%) * Joe Lieberman - 280,940 (1.73%) * Uncommitted - 157,953 (0.97%) * Lyndon LaRouche - 103,731 (0.64%) * Carol Moseley Braun - 98,469 (0.61%) *

Dick Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic ...

- 63,902 (0.39%) * Scattering - 12,525 (0.08%)

2006 U.S. Senate election

Connecticut Democratic Senatorial Convention, May 20, 2006: * Joe Lieberman (inc.) - 1,004 (66.53%) * Ned Lamont - 505 (33.47%) Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Connecticut, August 8, 2006: * Ned Lamont - 146,587 (51.79%) * Joe Lieberman (inc.) - 136,468 (48.21%) United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006:Our Campaigns - CT US Senate Race - Nov 07, 2006
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) (inc.) - 564,095 (49.71%) * Ned Lamont (D) - 450,844 (39.73%) *

Alan Schlesinger Alan Schlesinger, (aka Alan Gold) (born January 4, 1958) is an American attorney, entrepreneur, and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Florida. He has previously served as the Mayor of Derby, Connecticut from 1994 to 19 ...

(R) - 109,198 (9.62%) * Ralph Ferrucci (Green) - 5,922 (0.52%) * Timothy A. Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) - 4,638 (0.41%) * Carl E. Vassar (I) (write-in) - 80 (0.01%)

References

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