Editing Joe Lieberman (section)

===2000===
{{Main|2000 United States presidential election}}
[[File:20.ElectionProtest.USSC.WDC.11December2000 (21746677994).jpg|thumb|Supporters for the Gore–Lieberman ticket]]

In August 2000, Lieberman was selected as the nominee for Vice President of the United States by [[Al Gore]], the Democratic Party nominee for president.<ref name=seelye>{{cite news|last1=Seelye|first1=Katharine Q.|title=The 2000 Campaign: The Vice President; Lieberman Will Run With Gore; First Jew On A Major U.S. Ticket|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/08/us/2000-campaign-vice-president-lieberman-will-run-with-gore-first-jew-major-us.html|access-date=June 4, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 8, 2000|archive-date=June 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606230227/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/08/us/2000-campaign-vice-president-lieberman-will-run-with-gore-first-jew-major-us.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Among the last round candidates were U.S. senators [[Bob Graham]], [[John Kerry]] and [[John Edwards]]. The nomination committee was headed by [[Warren Christopher]].<ref name="shortlist">{{cite news|last1=Halperin|first1=Mark|title=Gore Down To Short List|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=123200|access-date=June 4, 2014|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=August 3, 2000|last2=Yang|first2=Carter M.|archive-date=June 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606232119/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=123200|url-status=live}}</ref> Lieberman was the first Jewish candidate on a major political party ticket.<ref name=seelye /> Of the vetting process, Lieberman related a conversation in which Christopher told him the background checks would be "like a medical procedure without an anesthesia."<ref name="conversationswithbillkristol.org"/>

The Gore–Lieberman ticket won a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]] of the [[Direct election|popular vote]], with over half a million more votes than the Republican ticket of [[George W. Bush]] and [[Dick Cheney]], but they were defeated in the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] by a vote of 271 to 266 after an intense legal battle concerning the outcome in disputed counties (see ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'').<ref name="ap-popv-lost">{{cite news |last1=Schwartz |first1=Jerry |title=EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/ap-explains-elections-popular-vote-743f5cb6c70fce9489c9926a907855eb |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=AP News |agency=Associated Press |date=October 31, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307040341/https://apnews.com/article/ap-explains-elections-popular-vote-743f5cb6c70fce9489c9926a907855eb |url-status=live }}</ref> The US Supreme Court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court's ordered recount was unconstitutional and said that it defers to what it believes is the Florida Supreme Court's judgment that December 12 is the deadline for all recounts—thus preventing a new recount from being ordered.<ref name="ncc-bush-v.-gore">{{cite web |title=On this day, Bush v. Gore settles 2000 presidential race |url=https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-bush-v-gore-anniversary |website=National Constitution Center |access-date=March 29, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315152700/https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-bush-v-gore-anniversary |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lieberman decided to [[2000 United States Senate election in Connecticut|run for re-election]] to maintain his Senate seat, as vice-presidential candidates [[2008 United States Senate election in Delaware|Joe Biden]] and [[Paul Ryan]] did for their senatorial and congressional seats respectively in [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] and [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fischler |first=Jacob |date=November 30, 2018 |title=Can You Run for Congress and President? Depends Where |url=https://rollcall.com/2018/11/30/can-you-run-for-congress-and-president-depends-where/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=Roll Call |language=en-US |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329153606/https://rollcall.com/2018/11/30/can-you-run-for-congress-and-president-depends-where/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He won re-election and continued to serve in the Senate until his retirement in 2012.<ref name="politico-lieberman-retire">{{cite news |last1=Raju |first1=Manu |last2=Ball |first2=Molly |title=Lieberman won't run again |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/lieberman-wont-run-again-047758 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=Politico |date=January 19, 2011 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329091309/https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/lieberman-wont-run-again-047758 |url-status=live }}</ref>