Joe Lieberman, first Jewish vice-presidential nominee of a major party, dies at 82
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Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.), who became the first Jewish vice-presidential candidate of a major party when Al Gore selected him as his running mate in the 2000 election, has died at age 82. His family said he died Wednesday in New York City surrounded by family, including his wife Hadassah, af…
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Joe Lieberman nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in 2000 and almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate in 2008.
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who served in the Senate for over two decades and was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, has died. He was 82.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has died, according to his family. He was 82 and died of complications from a fall. Lieberman nearly won the vice presidency with Democrat Al Gore in the disputed 2000 White House race.
With his nomination as the running mate of Al Gore in 2000, Mr. Lieberman would become an enduring symbol of the acceptance of Jews in the American political mainstream.
Political leaders from across Connecticut and the United States mourned the death of Joseph Lieberman, a four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, has died at 82.
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who served in the Senate for more than two decades and was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, has died. He...
Lieberman came tantalizingly close to winning the vice presidency in the contentious 2000 presidential contest that was decided by a 537-vote margin victory for George W. Bush in Florida.
He served four terms in the Senate from Connecticut. Al Gore chose him as his running mate in the 2000 election, making him the first Jewish candidate on a major-party ticket.
Joseph Lieberman, a former senator from Connecticut who went on to serve as the state's attorney general and later in the U.S. Senate until 2013, has died at 82.
As Al Gore's running mate in 2000, Lieberman became the first Jewish candidate on a presidential ticket of one of the two major parties. He later became an independent and was a leader of No Labels.
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