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Senator holds on in Conn.

Staff Reporter, Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, November 8, 2006

HARTFORD — Running as an independent, Senator Joseph Lieberman ’64 LAW ’67 clinched a decisive victory over Democratic rival Ned Lamont SOM ’80 Tuesday, bringing sighs of relief to Lieberman’s cross-party supporters in Hartford and disappointment at Lamont’s Meriden headquarters.

After edging out Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger, Lieberman announced in his victory speech that he would not rejoin the Democratic Party in the U.S. Senate, instead vowing to bring drastic change to national politics by ending partisanship and forging unity.

“I was elected today by voters...

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