Editing Joe Lieberman (section)

====Primary====
{{Main|2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut#Democratic primary}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0"
|+Democratic Primary Results
!Candidate
!Votes<ref>[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/by_state/CT_Page_0808.html?SITE=CTHARELN&SECTION=POLITICS Election results.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325075023/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/by_state/CT_Page_0808.html?SITE=CTHARELN&SECTION=POLITICS |date=March 25, 2013 }} ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' August 10, 2006.</ref>
!Percentage
|-
|[[Ned Lamont]]
|146,587
|52%
|-
|Joe Lieberman
|136,468
|48%
|}

Lieberman sought the Democratic Party's renomination for U.S. Senate from Connecticut in 2006 but lost to the comparatively more liberal<ref name="crimson-lamont">{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Katherine M. |title=Lamont Edges Lieberman in CT |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/8/11/lamont-edges-lieberman-in-ct-in/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=August 11, 2006 |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603100301/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/8/11/lamont-edges-lieberman-in-ct-in/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ned Lamont]], a [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]] businessman<ref name="ctpost-lamont-early">{{cite news |last1=Krasselt |first1=Kaitlyn |title=A look at Lamont's early political career in Greenwich |url=https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/A-look-at-Lamont-s-early-political-career-in-13285736.php |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=Connecticut Post |publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut |date=October 7, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730113952/https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/A-look-at-Lamont-s-early-political-career-in-13285736.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and antiwar candidate.<ref name="nbc-lamont-antiwar">{{cite news |title=Lieberman concedes; Lamont wins primary |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14228351 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=August 7, 2006 |language=en |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329153929/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14228351 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lamont received 33 percent of the delegates' votes at the Connecticut Democratic Convention in May, forcing an August primary.<ref name="nymag-lieberman2006">{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Meryl |title=Hawkish Democrat Joe Lieberman's Epic Battle With His Own Party – New York Magazine – Nymag |url=https://nymag.com/news/politics/18473/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]  |date=July 21, 2006 |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001170947/https://nymag.com/news/politics/18473/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July, Lieberman announced that he would file papers to appear on the November ballot should he lose the primary, saying, "I'm a loyal Democrat, but I have loyalties that are greater than those to my party, and that's my loyalty to my state and my country."<ref>Klein, Rick. [https://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/07/04/lieberman_crafts_backup_plan/ Lieberman crafts backup plan: Says he'll run even if he loses primary.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211954/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/07/04/lieberman_crafts_backup_plan/ |date=March 4, 2016 }} ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' July 4, 2006.</ref> He said he would continue to sit as a Democrat in the Senate even if he was defeated in the primary and elected on an unaffiliated line, and expressed concern for a potentially low turnout.<ref>Murray, Shailagh. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/03/AR2006070300873.html Lieberman May Run as Independent.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205053139/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/03/AR2006070300873.html |date=December 5, 2023 }} ''[[The Washington Post]]'' July 4, 2006.</ref> On July 10, the Lieberman campaign officially filed paperwork allowing him to collect signatures for the newly formed [[Connecticut for Lieberman]] party ballot line.<ref>Haigh, Susan. [https://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/07/10/lieberman_campaign_files_forms_to_run_as_petitioning_candidate/ Lieberman campaign files forms to run as petitioning candidate.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070319/http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/07/10/lieberman_campaign_files_forms_to_run_as_petitioning_candidate/ |date=March 4, 2016 }} ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' July 10, 2006.</ref>

On August 8, 2006, Lieberman conceded the [[Democratic party (United States)|Democratic]] primary election to Ned Lamont, saying, "For the sake of our state, our country and my party, I cannot and will not let that result stand,"<ref name="cnn-lieberman-transcript">{{cite news |title=Interview with Senator Joe Lieberman; WTC Movie Opens |url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0608/09/ltm.01.html |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=CNN |date=August 9, 2006 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329152427/http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0608/09/ltm.01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and announced he would run in the [[United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006|2006 November election]] as an independent candidate on the [[Connecticut for Lieberman]] ticket, against both Lamont and the Republican candidate, [[Alan Schlesinger]].<ref>Barry, Ellen. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1091360661.html?dids=1091360661:1091360661&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+9%2C+2006&author=Ellen+Barry&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Lieberman+Is+Defeated+in+Primary Lieberman Is Defeated in Primary.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618094137/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1091360661.html?dids=1091360661:1091360661&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+9%2C+2006&author=Ellen+Barry&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Lieberman+Is+Defeated+in+Primary |date=June 18, 2013}} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' August 9, 2006. p. A1.</ref>