This Connecticut senator lost the 2006 Democratic primary but later won reelection as an independent
..... Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut was originally thought to 
.... for 2008 (however, he announced in late November 2006, that he would not... [DOC] [TLE] Lieberman Defeated in Democratic Primary - Washington Post [PAR] Aug 9, 2006 ... narrowly lost the Democratic Senate primary here Tuesday night, falling to ... not 
just because I lost but because the old politics of partisan polarization won today.