Joe Lieberman
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- Office Held:
- US Senate, CT
- Office Sought:
- US Senate, CT
LIEBERMAN, Joseph I., a Senator from Connecticut; born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Ct.,
February 24, 1942; attended Stamford public schools; graduated from Yale
University 1964; received law degree from Yale Law School 1967; member of
Connecticut state senate 1970-1980, majority leader 1974-1980; attorney general
of Connecticut 1983, 1986-1988; author; elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate in 1988; reelected as a Democrat in 1994 and 2000; reelected as
an Independent Democrat in 2006, and served from January 3, 1989, to January 3,
2013; chair, Committee on Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Seventh Congress
[January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]), Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Twelfth
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for vice president on Democratic ticket
with Al Gore, Jr., in 2000; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination
for president, 2004; was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in
2012.
Source: Bioguide
Campaign Finance
$427,800 Received
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
- organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.
For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.
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Top Industries
OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.92% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry. -
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Top Contributors
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Earmarks
$161,801,000 Allocated
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Figures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill. Earmarks from the president's budget proposal are not included.
For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.
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Top Earmarks
Fiscal Year Amount Description 2010 $21,617,000 Center for Civic Education for two programs (We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange) that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program 2010 $13,000,000 National Rural Water Assn: National Rural Water Association 2010 $9,000,000 CNAF Beddown-Upgrade Facilities 2010 $7,200,000 Goodrich Pump & Engine Controls: Universal Control 2010 $6,570,000 MK-48 Torpedo Magazine 2010 $6,000,000 Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 2010 $5,019,000 National Council on Economic Education for the Cooperative Education Exchange program, which is authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education Program 2010 $4,800,000 Adaptive Methods (Reed) General Dynamics Electric Boat (Dodd, Lieberman): Common Command and Control System Module 2010 $4,500,000 University of California American Burn Association (Lungren): Military Burn Trauma Research Program 2010 $4,400,000 Electric Boat: Future Dry Deck Shelter
