Joe Lieberman net worth
What is Joe Lieberman’s Net Worth?
Joe Lieberman is an American politician, lawyer and lobbyist. Joe Lieberman has a net worth of $3 million. Joe served as a Connecticut Senator from 1989 to 2013. Before that, he was the state attorney general from 1983 to 1989. In the 2000 presidential election, Lieberman joined presidential candidate Al Gore as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, making him the first Jewish candidate on the ticket of a major U.S. political party.
Early life and career
Joe Lieberman was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1942, the son of Jewish parents Marcia and Henry. As a young adult, he went to Yale University and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science. Lieberman then attended Yale Law School, where he received his LLB in 1967. He then worked as an attorney at the New Haven-based law firm Wiggin & Dana LLP.
In 1970, Lieberman was elected as a reform Democrat to the Connecticut Senate. There he spent ten years, including three terms as Majority Leader. After a failed bid for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980, he served as Connecticut’s attorney general from 1983 to 1989. In this role, he emphasizes environmental enforcement and consumer protection.
First U.S. Senator
Lieberman was first elected to the US Senate as a Democrat in the 1988 election. Early on, he led initiatives against video game violence, helping to pave the way for an industry-wide video game rating system. Later, in 1994, Lieberman made history by winning the Connecticut Senate race by the largest margin ever, garnering 67 percent of the vote. He chaired the Democratic Leadership Committee from 1995 to 2001, and in 1998 became the party’s first prominent figure to challenge President Bill Clinton’s judgment on the Monica Lewinsky affair. During impeachment, however, he ultimately voted against removing Clinton from office.
In the spring of 2000, Lieberman and other Democrats formed the Senate NDP Coalition, a House caucus of centrist Democrats. Also that year, Lieberman was elected to a third Senate term with 64% of the vote. He later became chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as well as a member of several other committees. After the 9/11 attacks, Lieberman led the creation of a new Department of Homeland Security.
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2000 and 2004 presidential elections
In August 2000, Lieberman was selected by Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore as his vice presidential nominee; he became the first Jewish candidate to receive votes from a major party. Although Gore and Lieberman won the popular vote by more than 500,000 votes, they lost the Electoral College to Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Later, in 2003, Lieberman announced his intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. However, he withdrew from the candidacy in early 2004 after a series of failures and reduced numbers.
Senate re-election
Lieberman sought to renominate the Senate as a Democrat in 2006, but lost to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont, who was campaigning on an anti-war platform. Lieberman then announced that he would run as an independent candidate in the Connecticut state election in November, earning Lieberman’s ticket. While still a registered Democrat, Lieberman has the support of a large number of Republicans. By November, he had won re-election with 50 percent of the vote. During his tenure, he oversaw the government’s response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic and introduced and advocated for the 2010 Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Act.
post-senatorial career
Lieberman retired from the Senate at the end of his fourth term in December 2012 due to declining approval ratings. After retirement, he became a senior advisor to the New York City law firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman. He also joined the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and was named an adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research. He has chaired or co-chaired other organizations, including the Biodefense Blue Ribbon Study Group and United Against the Iranian Nuclear. He also holds the Lieberman Chair of Public Policy and Public Service at Yeshiva University, teaching undergraduate courses.
political standpoint
Many of Lieberman’s political views have been criticized over the years. After 9/11, he was one of the most vocal Iraq War supporters in the Senate. He has also advocated for increased federal use of surveillance cameras and has spoken out as a major opponent of whistleblower site WikiLeaks.
On the more progressive side, Lieberman supports choice and supports the right of LGBTQ people to adopt children, serve openly in the military, and be protected by hate crime legislation. Lieberman played an integral role in successfully dismantling the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy of the U.S. Armed Forces.
personal life
In 1965, Lieberman married Betty Haas, whom he met in the congressional office of Senator Abraham Ribikov, when they were both interns. They had two children, Matt and Rebecca, and divorced in 1981. The following year, Lieberman married Hadassah Freilich Tucker, who had held senior positions in countless organizations. They have a daughter named Hani. Lieberman also has a stepson, Ethan, from Tucker’s ex-wife.
Keen Jews, both Lieberman and Tucker kept Jewish families and kept the Sabbath. Lieberman attended the Kesher Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. and Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol – B’nai Israel, and the Westville Synagogue in New Haven, Connecticut.
