In politics, the term "mulligan race" or "mulligan candidate" is used to describe a losing and/or disqualified candidate in a party primary or nomination who nevertheless runs in the general election on another ballot line, either as an independent or as the nominee for a third party. In the 2006 Connecticut US Senate race, many Ned Lamont supporters accused Senator Joseph Lieberman of running a mulligan race as an independent, since he had lost the Democratic Party primary. Several U.S. states have so-called "sore-loser laws" specifically designed to prevent such failed candidates from appearing on the ballot in the general election in such a manner.