2000 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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2000 United States Senate election in Connecticut
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  1994 November 7, 2000 2006  
  Joe Lieberman official portrait (cropped).jpg Philip Giordano.jpg
Nominee Joe Lieberman Philip Giordano
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote828,902448,077
Percentage63.21%34.17%

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Lieberman:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Giordano:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Joe Lieberman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Lieberman
Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 2000 in conjunction with the 2000 U.S. presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman won re-election to a third six-year term.

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While running for re-election to the Senate, Lieberman was also the Democratic nominee for vice president in the concurrent presidential election, as the running mate of presidential nominee Al Gore. With Gore losing the presidency to George W. Bush, Lieberman returned to the Senate and remained there for another 12 years, when he retired.

Had the Gore-Lieberman ticket won, Lieberman would have resigned his Senate seat prior to becoming vice president. The Senate vacancy would have been filled through a special election in 2002; Governor John G. Rowland, a Republican, would have appointed an interim replacement to serve until then. [1]

This was the last Senate election in which Lieberman formally ran as a Democrat. In 2006, his last election prior to retirement, he ran as the Connecticut for Lieberman candidate following his defeat in the Democratic Party primary.

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Lieberman, a popular centrist incumbent, focused on his vice presidential campaign. [2] [3] He refused to attend any debates. [4] Giordano was a heavy underdog, as he was ignored by the press and he debated alone. [5]

Results

General election results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joe Lieberman (incumbent) 828,902 63.21% −3.83%
Republican Philip Giordano 448,07734.17%+3.16%
Concerned Citizens William Kozak25,5091.95%+0.02%
Libertarian Wildey J. Moore8,7730.67%+0.13%
Total votes1,311,261 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

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