The cause was “complications following a fall,” US media quoted the politician’s family as saying on Wednesday. Lieberman was a Connecticut state senator for many years and stood alongside Democratic candidate Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election campaign.
At that time, Gore lost by a razor-thin margin to the Republican George W. Bush. The election ultimately had to be decided by the Supreme Court.
Foreign policy hardliners
In 2004, Lieberman unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 2003, the foreign policy hardliner fell out with many of his party colleagues over his support of the Iraq War. At the same time, Lieberman represented liberal social views, for example on the issues of gun rights and abortion.
In 2006, Lieberman lost the Democratic primary for re-entry into the Senate, but ultimately retained his seat as an independent candidate. He initially withdrew from politics in 2013. In 2023, he returned to the political stage as one of the faces of the organization No Labels, which aims to give US citizens a third chance to vote in presidential elections.
