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==Senate reelection, 2006==
==Senate reelection, 2006==
Despite serving as chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, the Democratic nominee for Vice-President in 2000 and a former Democratic presidential candidate, many on the far-left wondered if Lieberman was committed to the Democratic Party. [[Liberal]] partisan Ned Lamont challenged Lieberman in a primary for his Senate reelection. Lamont won the primary but Lieberman then ran as an independent, creating the "Connecticut for Lieberman" party, and won the general election. He is now an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.
Despite serving as chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, the Democratic nominee for Vice-President in 2000 and a former Democratic presidential candidate, many on the far-left wondered if Lieberman was committed to the Democratic Party. [[Liberal]] partisan [[Ned Lamont]] challenged Lieberman in a primary for his Senate reelection. Lamont won the primary but Lieberman then ran as an independent, creating the "Connecticut for Lieberman" party, and won the general election. He is now an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.
In a strange display of voter choice: Most of the Connecticut voters who voted for Lieberman in 2000 opposed him in 2006; most of the people who opposed him in 2000 voted for him in 2006. Yet Lieberman himself did not change positions on any major issue.
In a strange display of voter choice: Most of the Connecticut voters who voted for Lieberman in 2000 opposed him in 2006; most of the people who opposed him in 2000 voted for him in 2006. Yet Lieberman himself did not change positions on any major issue.