Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut’s four-term United States senator and Vice President Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in the 2000 presidential election won by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney when the Supreme Court halted a Florida ballot recount, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. In the ensuing campaign, the Gore-Lieberman team stressed themes of integrity to sidestep Clinton administration scandals. Mr. Lieberman also urged Americans to bring religion and faith more prominently into public life. They won a narrow plurality of the popular votes — a half-million more than the Bush-Cheney Republican ticket. But on the evening of Election Day, no clear winner had emerged in the Electoral College, and an intense legal battle took center stage.

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Persons: Joseph I, Lieberman, Connecticut’s, Al Gore’s, George W, Bush, Dick Cheney, Lieberman’s, Lieberman —, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky —, Gore’s, Gore, Clinton Organizations: United, Al Gore’s Democratic, New York Presbyterian Hospital, White House, Democratic National Convention, Cheney Republican, Electoral College Locations: United States, Florida, Manhattan, Riverdale, Upper Manhattan