Who was Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential election?

Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American former politician who was a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. He was former member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is an Independent. Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in the 2000 United States presidential election, running with presidential nominee and then Vice President Al Gore, and becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party presidential ticket.

In the 2000 presidential election, Gore and Lieberman won the popular vote by a margin of more than 500,000 votes, but lost the deciding Electoral College to the Republican George W. Bush / Dick Cheney ticket 271–266. Lieberman also unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in the 2004 presidential election.

Lieberman announced on January 19, 2011 that he would retire from the Senate at the end of his fourth term. Lieberman gave his farewell address on December 12, 2012. On May 17, 2017, Lieberman was interviewed by President Donald Trump for the position of FBI Director, to replace recently fired James Comey. The interview took place against the background of the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate issues connected to Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. On May 25, 2017, Lieberman officially withdrew his name from consideration.

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Marion David Mooney

Spencer Young, Without the EC six large states would elect the President and the remaining 44 states would be effectively powerless in the election. Without the EC Hillary would have been elected by California, which is a really frightening thought!

Spencer Young

We should get rid of the electoral college allowing popular vote to decide and a total contribution limits

Fran Graybowski

Spencer just wants the big cities to tell the rest of the country what to do. The nation wide county by county map told the cities we, all those red counties, will not be pushed around. There is a lot more people out there than in the cities.

Jim Hubbard

purvisfamily, Awww, does someone think about Trump and it makes him feel funny, like the time he used to climb the rope in gym class?

Bob Bracegirdle

Seems absolutely mad to me that you can win the popular vote and not be elected.

wordster

graybowf, actually that's not true. A huge number of those counties you touted have very few people in them, compared to the urban counties. Around 85% of the American population lives in or adjacent to an urban area. Cities hold by far the majority of the American people.

Eric Leif Peters

Marion David Mooney: Or not, considering the slimeball who was elected by a minority.

Eric Leif Peters

Ugh. Huge mistake.

Raymond Villamor

I remember it.

Wanda Pelchat

Got it!

harmbrust

Joe Lieberman is a good man. The Democrats left him.

mtrull

Amen Marion David!!

blharris

You want to start talking about the EC now that Hillary didn't get elected huh? smh

Wanda Holl

My phone answered for me ...ugh !

Richard S. Levine

George Soffa, I see more Trump hate than Clinton hate. What has Mueller done in the last yr, besides wasting millions of tax dollars? No one is in jail or awaiting trial. Maybe in next millenium or the DNC's dreams. Russia did not attack our voting system. Proven over & over, by each state & they are tired of your rhetoric, too.

Vonda Summers

Didn't remember who ran with Gore

ChiefRaven

purvisfamily, YOUR President Trump touts his 'alternative facts' It seems to me that what he means is his uninformed lies. Are you the same way? No one attacked you but you feel fine attacking others and not the issues. You do however, remind me of the myth of the ostrich with his head in the sand.