Joe Lieberman, who died this week at 82, was the nominee for vice president under which presidential candidate?
Al Gore
John Kerry
Hillary Clinton
Michael Dukakis
Joseph Lieberman, the independent, four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut, died this week at the age of 82. A former member of the Democratic Party, Lieberman was Al Gore’s nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election. He was also the first Jewish candidate on a major political party 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 Party ticket of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
Correct Answer: Al Gore