Electoral history of Joe Lieberman

Overview of Joe Lieberman's electoral history

Joe Lieberman (February 24, 1942 – March 27, 2024) was an American politician, having served as a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Later on, he became an Independent.

Connecticut State Senate elections

Connecticut's 11th state senate district, 1970:^[1]

Joe Lieberman (D) - 14,956 (69.65%)
Daniel C. Perrotto (R) - 6,516 (30.35%)

Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1972:^[2]

Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 19,548 (63.09%)
Clarence M. Whitney (R) - 11,434 (36.91%)

Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1974:^[3]

Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 16,221 (74.53%)
Joseph F. Paceoni Jr. (R) - 5,543 (25.47%)

Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1976:^[4]

Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 19,240 (68.56%)
Dorothy P. Mendygral (R) - 8,825 (31.44%)

Connecticut's 10th state senate district, 1978:^[5]

Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 14,741 (75.44%)
Edward Williams (R) - 4,798 (24.56%)

1980 congressional election

Connecticut's 3rd congressional district, 1980:^[6]

Lawrence DeNardis (R) - 117,024 (52.33%)
Joe Lieberman (D) - 103,903 (46.46%)
Joelle Fishman (Citizens) - 2,711 (1.21%)
Write-in - 10 (0.00%)

Connecticut Attorney General elections

1982 Connecticut Attorney General election:

Joe Lieberman (D) - 601,711 (58.14%)
William H. Champlin III (R) - 424,961 (41.06%)
Vincent Stuart Triola (Libertarian) - 8,351 (0.81%)

1986 Connecticut Attorney General election:

Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 613,742 (64.68%)
Richard E. Arnold (R) - 335,209 (35.32%)

U.S. Senate elections (1988-2000)

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1988:^[7]

Joe Lieberman (D) - 688,499 (49.76%)
Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R) (inc.) - 678,454 (49.04%)
Howard A. Grayson Jr. (LBT) - 12,409 (0.90%)
Melissa M. Fisher (New Alliance) - 4,154 (0.30%)
Others - 10 (0.00%)

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1994:^[8]

Joe Lieberman (D/A Connecticut Party) (inc.) - 723,842 (67.04%)
Jerry Labriola (R) - 334,833 (31.01%)
Bruce Johnson (Concerned Citizens) - 20,989 (1.94%)

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2000:^[9]

Joe Lieberman (D) (inc.) - 828,902 (63.21%)
Philip A. Giordano (R) - 448,077 (34.17%)
William Kozak Jr. (Concerned Citizens) - 25,509 (1.95%)
Wildey J. Moore (LBT) - 8,773 (0.67%)

Presidential politics

2000 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):^[10]

Joe Lieberman - 4,337 (100.00%)

2000 United States presidential election:

George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) - 50,460,110 (47.9%) and 271 electoral votes (30 states carried)
Al Gore/Joe Lieberman (D) - 51,003,926 (48.4%) and 266 electoral votes (20 states and D.C. carried)
Abstaining - 1 electoral vote (Washington, D.C. faithless elector)
Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) - 2,883,105 (2.7%)
Pat Buchanan/Ezola Foster (Reform) - 449,225 (0.4%)
Harry Browne/Art Olivier (Libertarian) - 384,516 (0.4%)
Howard Phillips/Curtis Frazier (Constitution) - 98,022 (0.1%)
John Hagelin/Nat Goldhaber (Natural Law) - 83,702 (0.1%)
Others - 54,652 (0.1%)

2004 Democratic presidential primaries:^[11]

John Kerry - 9,930,497 (60.98%)
John Edwards - 3,162,337 (19.42%)
Howard Dean - 903,460 (5.55%)
Dennis Kucinich - 620,242 (3.81%)
Wesley Clark - 547,369 (3.36%)
Al Sharpton - 380,865 (2.34%)
Joe Lieberman - 280,940 (1.73%)
Uncommitted - 157,953 (0.97%)
Lyndon LaRouche - 103,731 (0.64%)
Carol Moseley Braun - 98,469 (0.61%)
Dick Gephardt - 63,902 (0.39%)
Scattering - 12,525 (0.08%)

2006 U.S. Senate election

Connecticut Democratic Senatorial Convention, May 20, 2006:^[12]

Joe Lieberman (inc.) - 1,004 (66.53%)
Ned Lamont - 505 (33.47%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Connecticut, August 8, 2006:^[13]

Ned Lamont - 146,587 (51.79%)
Joe Lieberman (inc.) - 136,468 (48.21%)

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006:^[14]

Joe Lieberman (Connecticut for Lieberman) (inc.) - 564,095 (49.71%)
Ned Lamont (D) - 450,844 (39.73%)
Alan Schlesinger (R) - 109,198 (9.62%)
Ralph Ferrucci (Green) - 5,922 (0.52%)
Timothy A. Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) - 4,638 (0.41%)
Carl E. Vassar (I) (write-in) - 80 (0.01%)