HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.?

1. 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee and now Connecticut independent Sen. Joe lieberman recently made headlines by endorsing Republican John McCain for President. When was the last time someone who had been on a national Democratic ticket came out for a Republican for President?

2. Lieberman has been in elective office for all but two years since 1970. Excluding die 2000 presidential race, what was the only race Lieberman ever lost?

3. Lieberman won his first term in the Senate in 1988 by unseating a well-known Republican. Can you name him?

4. Lieberman unsuccessfully sought die Democratic nomination for President in 2004 and fellow Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd is currendy seeking the Democratic nomination for President. What is the only other state in which both current senators have sought the Democratic nomination for President?

5. Two special elections were held in Ohio and Virginia to fill vacancies in the House. How many seats in the House are currently vacant?

HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.? ANSWERS

1. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic nominee for President in 1928, who endorsed Republican opponents to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 and '40.

2. He lost a race for the U.S. House in 1980 to Republican Larry DeNardis.

3. Lowell P. Weicker

4. Massachusetts, where Sen. Edward Kennedy sought the Democratic nomination in 1980 and John Kerrey won the Democratic nomination in 2004.

5. Two, the Indiana 7th District seat of Rep. Julia Carson (D.), who died earlier this month, and the Illinois 14th District seat resigned by Republican J. Dennis Hastert.

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