Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., proven right here final March. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name Inc. through Getty Photos cover caption
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Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., proven right here final March.
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Joseph Lieberman, a centrist former Connecticut senator and onetime Democratic vice presidential nominee, has died, in response to a press release from his household. He was 82.
His household stated he died Wednesday in New York Metropolis attributable to issues from a fall.
The assertion stated: “His beloved spouse, Hadassah, and members of his household have been with him as he handed. Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his household, and America endured all through his lifetime of service within the public curiosity.”
As Al Gore’s working mate in 2000, Lieberman grew to become the primary Jewish American on the presidential ticket of one of many two main events. 4 years later, Lieberman unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination himself.
Lieberman was a centrist, and infrequently angered Democrats. He misplaced a 2006 Democratic Senate main in his residence state, however received reelection regardless, working as an impartial. In 2008 he supported Republican John McCain’s unsuccessful presidential bid.
In 2011, when he introduced he would not search a fifth time period as senator, he stated: “I’ve not at all times match comfortably into standard political bins — Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative. I’ve at all times thought that my first duty is to not serve a political get together however to serve my constituents, my state and my nation, after which to work throughout get together traces to ensure good issues get carried out for them.”
Lieberman’s continued assist of the Iraq Warfare antagonized many Democrats. The Democratic candidate he beat within the 2006 Senate race, Ned Lamont, is now Connecticut governor, and he alluded to Lieberman’s assist of the battle in a assertion Wednesday: “Whereas the senator and I had our political variations, he was a person of integrity and conviction, so our debate in regards to the Iraq Warfare was critical. I consider we agreed to disagree from a place of precept. When the race was over, we stayed in contact as associates in the perfect traditions of American democracy. He can be missed.”
In recent times, Lieberman served as founding chairman of the centrist group No Labels that’s floating a “unity ticket” for the 2024 presidential race — an effort that has drawn criticism as being a possible spoiler for the main events.
In a assertion, No Labels stated Lieberman’s “sudden passing is a profound loss for all of us.”
