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Former U.S. senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman has died at the age of 82.
Lieberman, a senator serving Connecticut from 1989 to 2013, reportedly died from complications from a fall.
BREAKING: Joe Lieberman, the former US Senator has died after sustaining a fall last night pic.twitter.com/3rEfKaooXB
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Lieberman was Al Gore’s running mate in the 2000 presidential election.
JUST IN: Former Senator Joe Lieberman, who was 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, has died at 82 pic.twitter.com/Glt9kLjZgH
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“Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The Stamford, Conn., native died from complications from a fall, his family said,” Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman said.
BREAKING NEWS: Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died at 82.
The Stamford, Conn., native died from complications from a fall, his family said.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 27, 2024
POLITICO reports:
Halfway through his 24-year Senate career, Lieberman was chosen as Al Gore’s running mate for the 2000 presidential election. The ticket lost one of the closest elections in American history. “No Jew had ever sought such a lofty office,” wrote the authors of “Jews in American Politics.”
“The net effect of the nomination,” they added, “has been to change the perception of what is possible for Jewish candidates for office for all time.”
Four years later, he sought the Democratic nomination for president, without success.
Lieberman was known as a hawk on foreign affairs, becoming one of the legislative fathers of the Department of Homeland Security, which was established in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His penchant for aligning himself with two Republican colleagues, Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, particularly when it came to American military policy in Iraq, cost him his party’s Senate nomination in 2006, but he was able to win reelection as an independent.
McCain considered picking Lieberman as his running mate on the 2008 GOP presidential ticket but was persuaded otherwise by Republicans worried that it would cause a rift in the party.
BREAKING NEWS: Joe Lieberman, four-term independent U.S. senator from New York and Al Gore’s vice-presidential nominee in 2000, has died in New York City, multiple sources report. He was 82. Read more: https://t.co/LGvD12qlUN pic.twitter.com/yOuVeRWSaH
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BREAKING: Former Senator and Vice President candidate Joe Lieberman dies at 82. pic.twitter.com/HIek1eOZLt
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 27, 2024
“Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon, March 27, 2024, in New York City due to complications from a fall. He was 82 years old. His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed. Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest,” Lieberman’s family said in a statement.
“Senator Lieberman’s funeral will be held on Friday, March 29, 2024, at Congregation Agudath Sholom in his hometown of Stamford, CT. An additional memorial service will be announced at a later date,” Jake Tapper wrote.
Statement from the family of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
NEW YORK, NY — The family of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman issued the following statement today:
“Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon, March 27, 2024, in New York City due to complications…
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 27, 2024
From Axios:
A former Connecticut state legislator and state attorney general, Lieberman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1988 after unseating Republican incumbent Lowell Weicker.
A prominent centrist in Congress, Lieberman helped found the moderate New Democrat Coalition and was critical of former President Bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
2000 Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore tapped Lieberman as his running mate, making him the first Jewish candidate on a major party presidential ticket.
Lieberman mounted his own unsuccessful presidential bid in 2004 and was defeated in the Democratic primary for his Senate seat in 2006, but made a stunning comeback by winning the general election as an independent. He retired in 2012.
