2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut
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Nominee Joe Lieberman Ned Lamont Alan Schlesinger
Party Connecticut for Lieberman [lower-alpha 1] Democratic Republican
Popular vote564,095450,844109,198
Percentage49.71%39.73%9.62%
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2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut results map by municipality.svg
Lieberman:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Lamont:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Joe Lieberman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Lieberman
Connecticut for Lieberman [lower-alpha 1]

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The 2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman won his fourth and final term in the Senate, under the Connecticut for Lieberman party banner.

Lieberman originally ran as a Democrat, but lost the August 8 Democratic primary to former Greenwich selectman, businessman, and future Connecticut governor Ned Lamont. Lieberman had been seen as vulnerable to a primary challenge due to his conservative positions and support for the Iraq War, and Lamont ran as an antiwar challenger, receiving support from the left of the party. [1] The Republicans nominated Alan Schlesinger, the former mayor of Derby, whose campaign was marred by allegations of inappropriate gambling activities.

After losing the primary, Lieberman ran as a third-party candidate with the newly formed Connecticut for Lieberman party. He was not a member of this party, remaining a registered Democrat throughout the campaign. [2]

Most polls had Lieberman defeating Lamont. Lieberman raised more than double what Lamont did during the campaign, and won the general election. He continued to caucus with the Democrats, and was listed in the Senate records as an Independent Democrat. [3]

Lamont ran for governor in 2010, losing in the primary to eventual two-term governor Dannel Malloy. He ran again in 2018, winning both the primary election and the general election, then again re-elected in 2022.

Democratic primary

The primary elections were held on August 8. [4] The Democratic Party primary pitted Lieberman against Lamont. [5]

Candidates

Campaign

Because Connecticut was believed to be a Democratic stronghold, political analysts considered its Senate seat safe to remain Democratic, [6] [7] but Lieberman's continued support for conservative and Bush administration policies made him vulnerable to a Democratic primary challenger. Lieberman was criticized for a lack of commitment to the Democratic Party, [8] opposition to affirmative action; [9] his opposition to a Connecticut state law that would require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims, [10] his membership in the bipartisan Gang of 14, [11] his support of Florida Governor Jeb Bush's involvement in the Terri Schiavo case, [12] his initial willingness to compromise on Social Security privatization, [13] alliances with Republicans; [14] and his attacks on other Democrats. [15] [16] [17]

On March 13, 2006, Lamont announced his candidacy. He was more liberal than Lieberman, but he was not immune to criticism from within his party. The New Republic senior editor and "liberal hawk" Jonathan Chait, who was critical of Lieberman on a variety of issues, wrote:

I can't quite root for Lieberman to lose his primary. What's holding me back is that the anti-Lieberman campaign has come to stand for much more than Lieberman's sins. It's a test of strength for the new breed of left-wing activists who are flexing their muscles within the party. These are exactly the sorts of fanatics who tore the party apart in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They think in simple slogans and refuse to tolerate any ideological dissent. [18]

Early polling showed Lieberman with as much as a 46-point lead, [19] but subsequent polls showed Lamont gaining until he took the lead just weeks before the primary. [20] A controversy about a "kiss" Lieberman supposedly received from Bush during the 2005 State of the Union address highlighted concerns that he was too close to Bush to be a credible Democratic nominee. [21] Lieberman released several campaign advertisements over the summer seeking to connect himself to former President Bill Clinton and to portray Lamont as standing for little more than opposition to Lieberman. Lamont struck back with an ad produced by political consultant Bill Hillsman, in which a narrator says, "Meet Ned Lamont. He can't make a decent cup of coffee, he's a bad karaoke singer, and he has a messy desk." Lamont then chimes in, "Aren't you sick of political attack ads that insult your intelligence? Senator Lieberman, let's stick to issues and pledge to support whoever wins the Democratic primary." [22] [23]

From mid-morning August 7 to well past August 9, Lieberman's official campaign site was taken offline; officials from Lieberman's campaign claimed "dirty politics" and "Rovian tactics" by Lamont's supporters, and more specifically, a sustained Distributed Denial of Service attack that, according to the Lieberman campaign, had left the site down for several days. [24]

Tim Tagaris, Lamont's Internet communications director, denied the charge and attributed the downtime to the fact that the Lieberman campaign had chosen an inferior web host, or ISP, paying $15/month to operate its site (as opposed to the $1,500/month the Lamont campaign spent). [25] [26] [27] On December 20, 2006, a joint investigation by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office and the U.S. attorney's office cleared the Lamont campaign of the hacking accusations. A spokesman for Kevin O'Connor, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, said, "The investigation has revealed no evidence the problems the website experienced were the result of criminal conduct." [28]

Lieberman was backed by the Human Rights Campaign, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Defenders of Wildlife, and Planned Parenthood; he was endorsed by The Hartford Courant , The New Haven Register , and the Connecticut Post . [29] Lamont was backed by the National Organization for Women, MoveOn.org, and Democracy for America; he was endorsed by The New York Times . [30]

Lamont won the primary with 51.79% of the vote to Lieberman's 48.21%. [31] In his concession speech, Lieberman announced that he would keep his promise to run as an independent if he lost the Democratic primary. [32]

In the Republican primary, Alan Schlesinger drew fire in July when it was revealed that he had been gambling under an alias in order to avoid detection as a card counter. Schlesinger remained in the race despite calls to withdraw, [33] ultimately becoming the Republican nominee when no other candidates entered the race.

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of July 19, 2006
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Joe Lieberman (D)$8,730,280$6,662,499$3,487,184
Ned Lamont (D)$4,171,447$3,758,517$414,284
Source: Federal Election Commission [34]

Debate

On July 6, 2006, Lamont and Lieberman met in a televised debate held by a Connecticut NBC-TV affiliate and carried live nationally by C-SPAN. Journalists in the studio asked questions, with several videotaped questions by voters also included. The debate largely centered on the Iraq war and the candidates' records and experience. [35]

Convention

In order to force Lieberman into a primary, Lamont needed to get the support of atleast 15% of the total delegates at the Democratic convention. He would end up easily doing so. [36]

May 19, Democratic convention
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Lieberman (incumbent) 1,004 66.53%
Democratic Ned Lamont 50533.47%
Total votes1,509 100.00%

Results

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Results by county:
  Lamont—60–70%
  Lamont—50–60%
  Lieberman—50–60%
August 8, Democratic primary results [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ned Lamont 146,404 51.75%
Democratic Joe Lieberman (incumbent)136,49048.25%
Total votes282,894 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Ned Lamont NedLamont2006.jpg
Ned Lamont
Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman official portrait 2 (cropped 2).jpg
Joe Lieberman

Campaign

Connecticut for Lieberman party

Lieberman during his re-election campaign on a third party ticket Joe Lieberman July 2006.jpg
Lieberman during his re-election campaign on a third party ticket

On June 12, Lamont began running radio ads promising if he lost the primary to endorse Lieberman and challenging Lieberman to make a similar pledge. Lieberman refused; his campaign manager, Sean Smith said, "Are we going to support Ned Lamont? Uh, no!" [46]

On July 3 in Hartford, Lieberman announced that he would collect signatures to guarantee himself a position on the November ballot. Lieberman and Smith said that Lieberman would run as a "petitioning Democrat" and caucus with Senate Democrats if elected. [47] On July 10, the Lieberman campaign officially filed paperwork allowing him to collect signatures to form a new political party, the Connecticut for Lieberman party. [48]

After Lieberman's announcement, independent polls showed him favored to win a plurality or outright majority of the vote in a three-way general election. The petition issue led to charges against the Lieberman campaign of political opportunism and lack of respect for the political process. [49] Lieberman received strong support from many prominent conservative pundits and publications. "[H]is most vocal support came from places like The Weekly Standard , National Review , and Commentary Magazine ; Sean Hannity, Bill Kristol and right-wing radio hosts cheered for his victory." [50] Thus "Lieberman was able to run in the general election as the de facto Republican candidate—every major Republican office-holder in the state endorsed him—and to supplement that GOP base with strong support from independents." [51]

On August 29, Lieberman began airing an ad, "Soothing", featuring images of a sunset over an ocean beach, while a female narrator says "you might enjoy a break from Ned Lamont's negative advertising. So just sit back and think about—good stuff." The Lamont campaign stood by its ads. [52]

There was some debate over what impact Lieberman's campaign would have on several tight House races in Connecticut. Some argued that Lieberman would bring out Republican supporters, who would vote for Lieberman and then cross over to support the Republican House candidates. Of those candidates, incumbents Nancy Johnson and Rob Simmons lost their bids for reelection while Chris Shays was reelected.

Democratic reaction

On August 9, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer issued the following joint statement on the Connecticut Senate race:

The Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and chosen Ned Lamont as their nominee. Both we and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) fully support Mr. Lamont's candidacy. Congratulations to Ned on his victory and on a race well run. Joe Lieberman has been an effective Democratic Senator for Connecticut and for America. But the perception was that he was too close to George Bush and this election was, in many respects, a referendum on the President more than anything else. The results bode well for Democratic victories in November and our efforts to take the country in a new direction. [53]

According to The Hill , a Democratic aide to a high-ranking senator commented that Lieberman might be stripped of his Democratic privileges in the Senate. "At this point Lieberman cannot expect to just keep his seniority," said the aide. "He can't run against a Democrat and expect to waltz back to the caucus with the same seniority as before. It would give the view that the Senate is a country club rather than representative of a political party and political movement." [54]

On August 21, a group of New Haven Democrats cited Connecticut General Statutes section 9–61 in a complaint filed with the New Haven Democratic Registrar of Voters, Sharon Ferrucci, demanding that she purge Lieberman from the Democratic voter rolls. The statute reads in part: "Knowingly becoming a candidate for office on ticket of a new party automatically separates voter from his former party." [55] Lieberman's campaign manager called it a "dirty political trick". Ferrucci rejected the complaint. [56]

Waterbury statement controversy

Lamont campaign manager Tom Swan criticized the strongly pro-Lieberman city of Waterbury for alleged corruption, calling it a meeting place for "forces of evil". [57] Waterbury's mayor, Michael Jarjura, endorsed Lieberman after the primary. [58] Swan later apologized for the comment, saying it was aimed at former mayor Philip Giordano, who was arrested for sexual crimes with a minor, and former Governor John G. Rowland, a Waterbury native, who was indicted for corruption. Giordano and Rowland were forced to resign from their positions due to criminal activities. [59] Jarjura failed to accept Swan's apology, so Lamont himself apologized for the comments. [60] On August 22 Lamont announced former Democratic state chairman George Jepsen would be chair his general election campaign. He denied this was a demotion of Swan. [61]

"Al-Qaeda candidate"

On August 11, CNN Headline News anchor Chuck Roberts asked Hotline senior editor John Mercurio about the effects of the recent London terrorist plot on the 2006 Connecticut Senate race:

How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the Al-Qaeda candidate?

Roberts later apologized personally to Lamont on the air: [62]

You know, I owe you an apology. Last week, I led into an interview with a guest analyst and really botched the setup. The guest had wanted to discuss the Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman statements suggesting that terror groups—"Al Qaeda-type", to use Cheney's words—would be buoyed by your win, but I posed it badly, stupidly ad-libbing about "some saying Lamont is the Al-Qaeda candidate." No one, in fact, used that construction. Anyway, I wanted to correct the record, and I'm glad we had this chance to do it.

Impact of Lamont allies

Opinion columnist Robert Novak stated that Democratic leaders feared the visible role black activists Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson had at Lamont's primary night rally "might drive Republican, independent and even some Democratic voters into support of Lieberman's independent candidacy." [63]

Vets for Freedom

On August 15, 2006, the Stamford Advocate reported that an organization called Vets For Freedom had run full-page ads in the Hartford Courant in support of Lieberman. Lamont supporters claimed that Vets for Freedom was a de facto Republican organization and pointed out the similarities between it and the Swift Vets, who had connections to Republican officials. [64]

Email controversy

In early September, Lamont attacked Lieberman's response to the 1998 scandal involving President Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky, claiming Lieberman had created a "media spectacle". Lieberman responded by releasing an email Lamont sent him at the time, in which Lamont wrote he reluctantly supported Lieberman's stance critical of Clinton. [65]

I reluctantly supported the moral outrage you expressed on September 3. I was reluctant because I thought it might make matters worse; I was reluctant because nobody expressed moral outrage over how Reagan treated his kids or Gingrich lied about supporting term limits (in other words, it was selective outrage); I was reluctant because the Starr inquisition is much more threatening to our civil liberties and national interest than Clinton's misbehavior ...

Lamont then called for Lieberman to "move on" from publicly criticizing Clinton:

You have expressed your outrage about the president's conduct; now stand up and use your moral authority to put an end to this snowballing mess. We all know the facts, a lot more than any of us care to know and should know. We've made up our minds that Clinton did wrong, confessed to his sin, maybe he should be censured for lying—and let's move on.

Lieberman's speech in 1998 had occurred after the President had gone on prime time television to admit his relationship with Lewinsky. Lieberman believes his speech defused partisan tension over a "media spectacle" already present prior to the senator's speech. [66]

Turncoat ads

In late September, Lamont's campaign aired a controversial television ad that depicted various actors portraying Connecticut voters calling Lieberman a turncoat. One ad suggested that voters should wear their coats inside out to protest Lieberman's campaign as an independent candidate. [67]

Lieberman responded with the "Blackboard" ad, where the words "Democrat" and "Republican" are separated by a line and Lieberman erased it, stressing his appeal was primarily to the state's largest voter bloc, unaffiliated voters. [68]

Fundraising

In the days before the Democratic primary, the Lieberman campaign invoked the "millionaire rule", alleging that Lamont's personal campaign contributions had exceeded federal limits. Despite having more than double Lamont's funding, Lieberman accepted contributions up to a higher $6,300 limit per individual. The normal limit was $2,300. Between the primary and the general election, Lamont added over $2 million of his own money to his campaign effort. [69] [70] According to published reports, as of late October, Lamont had spent over $12.7 million of personal funds on his campaign, while Lieberman had raised over $14 million. [71]

Campaign finance reports as of December 31st, 2006
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Joe Lieberman (I)$20,248,479$19,099,162$2,245,537
Ned Lamont (D)$20,580,703$20,557,217$23,486
Alan Schlesinger (R)$220,984$204,113$16,954
Source: Federal Election Commission [72]

Endorsements

Joe Lieberman

Democratic U.S. senators

Democratic U.S. congressmen

Democratic former U.S. senators

Republicans

* = candidate for U.S. Senate in his home state

Newspapers

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [104] Solid I (flip)November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [105] Lean I (flip)November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [106] Solid I (flip)November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics [107] Solid I (flip)November 6, 2006

Polling

DateNed
Lamont (D)		Alan
Schlesinger (R)		Joe
Lieberman (CFL)		Margin of error (+/- %)
May 2, 2006 [108] 13%10%56%2.5%
June 8, 2006 [109] 18%8%56%2.1%
June 19, 2006 [110] 29%15%44%4.5%
July 20, 2006 [111] 27%9%51%2%
July 23, 2006 [112] 40%13%40%3%
August 12, 2006 [113] 41%6%46%4.5%
August 17, 2006 [114] 41%4%53%2.7%
August 21, 2006 [115] 43%6%45%4.5%
August 22, 2006 [116] 42%3%44%3.5%
August 28, 2006 [117] 39.4%2%49.4%4.2%
September 10, 2006 49%3%46%4.3%
September 12, 2006 [118] 38%7%51%4.2%
September 14, 2006 [119] 43%5%45%4.5%
September 19, 2006 [120] 45%3%47%4%
September 28, 2006 44%4%45.8%4.2%
September 28, 2006 [121] 39%5%49%2.9%
October 5, 2006 33%4%53%4.1%
October 5, 2006 [122] 40%6%50%4.5%
October 11, 2006 [123] 40%4%53%4.2%
October 19, 2006 43.2%4%48.6%4.3%
October 20, 2006 37%8%49%4%
October 20, 2006 [124] 35%7%52%3.3%
October 31, 2006 42.5%6%47.4%4.3%
October 31, 2006 [125] 40%9%48%4.5%
November 1, 2006 [126] 37%8%49%3.2%
November 2, 2006 37%8%49%4.1%
November 3, 2006 [127] 39%7%51%4%
November 5, 2006 [128] 38%9%49%3.9%
November 6, 2006 [129] 38%8%50%3.8%

Results

Lieberman won with approximately 50% of the vote, and served a six-year term from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2013. Exit polls showed that Lieberman won the vote of 33% of Democrats, 54% of independents and 70% of Republicans. [130]

2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut [131]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Democrat Joe Lieberman (incumbent) 564,095 49.71%
Democratic Ned Lamont 450,84439.73%
Republican Alan Schlesinger 109,1989.62%
Green Ralph Ferrucci5,9220.52%
Concerned Citizens Timothy Knibbs4,6380.41%
Write-in Carl E. Vassar800.01%
Total votes1,134,777 100.0%
Independent Democrat gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Independent

[132]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lieberman ran on the Connecticut for Lieberman party ticket, and won, but he sat in the Senate as an Independent Democrat

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