Joseph Lieberman, an iconoclast who frustrated the Democratic Party, dies at 82
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who defied the Democratic Party even as he blazed trails, has died at age 82.
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Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who defied the Democratic Party even as he blazed trails, has died at age 82.
He vaulted into the national spotlight in the summer of 2000, joining Vice President Al Gore on the Democratic Presidential ticket.
Joe Lieberman died Wednesday at 82, reportedly following complications from a fall. He was a Stamford native and centrist Democrat who served four terms in the U.S. Senate and was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 alongside Al Gore.
He vaulted into the national spotlight in the summer of 2000, joining Vice President Al Gore on the Democratic Presidential ticket.
The longtime Connecticut senator was the first Jewish American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket.