Former Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential candidate in the 2000 election, passed away Wednesday at age 82, The Washington Post reported.
Lieberman’s family said the cause of his death was a fall, the outlet noted. (RELATED: ‘They’re Our Enemies’: Joe Lieberman Warns Biden Admin Against Pursuing Iran Nuclear Deal ‘At Any Price’)
Lieberman made history when he was the first Jewish candidate to be picked by Al Gore as candidate for the Vice Presidency in 2000, the outlet reported. Lieberman was very public about his attachment to the Jewish faith.
“Lieberman was a Jew from my hometown. He prayed at the same synagogue my family belongs to in Stamford. He prayed at the same synagogue I went to periodically in college. I saw him walking to the Capitol a few times on Saturday from his home in Georgetown. It was very cool to see a[n] observant Jew in prominent public office,” Jake Sherman, founder of Punchbowl News, tweeted in the former senator’s memory.
Lieberman retired from politics following the conclusion of his fourth term in the Senate in 2013, according to The Christian Science Monitor. The former senator lost the 2006 Democratic primary election but managed to win the election under an independent ticket as an Independent Democrat, according to Ballotpedia. Lieberman managed to won 49.71 percent of the vote in that race compared to Ned Lamont’s, the candidate who bested the political veteran in the primary, 39.73 percent, according to Uselectionatlas.org.
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