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Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders smiling
Sanders in February 2023
United States Senator
from Vermont
Assumed office
January 3, 2007
Serving with Peter Welch
Preceded byJim Jeffords
Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byPatty Murray
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
In office
February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byMike Enzi
Succeeded bySheldon Whitehouse
Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byPatty Murray
Succeeded byJohnny Isakson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's at-large district
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byPeter Plympton Smith
Succeeded byPeter Welch
37th Mayor of Burlington
In office
April 6, 1981 – April 4, 1989
Preceded byGordon Paquette
Succeeded byPeter Clavelle
Personal details
Born
Bernard Sanders

(1941-09-08) September 8, 1941 (age 82)
New York City, U.S.
Political party
Other political
affiliations		Vermont Progressive[c] (1981–present)
Spouse(s)
  • Deborah Shiling
    (m. 1964; div. 1966)
  • Jane O'Meara
    (m. 1988)
Children4; including 3 step-children
RelativesLarry Sanders (brother)
EducationBrooklyn College
University of Chicago (BA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • activist
  • author
SignatureOfficial signature of Bernie Sanders
Website
A voice sample of Sanders while speaking at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in September 2019

Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician. He is the Senior United States senator from Vermont. He is an Independent, but often votes with the Democratic Party in the Senate.[1][2] He became senator on January 3, 2007.[3] He is often seen as a leader of the progressivism movement in the United States.

Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964. While a student, he was active in organizing protests for civil rights.[4] In 1963, he took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.[4]

Sanders was elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont in 1981.[5] He was re-elected three times. In 1991, he became a United States representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district.[6] He was a congressman for 16 years. In 2006, he was elected to the U.S. Senate after he won 64.5% of the vote. In 2012, he was re-elected by winning almost 71% of the vote. In 2018, he was re-elected by winning nearly 68% of the vote.

Sanders calls himself a democratic socialist.[6][7] He thinks that a social democratic government for the United States is a good idea.[8][9] Sanders is against income inequality and is supporting universal health care, parental leave and LGBT rights.[6] He is against racial inequality and mass surveillance.[10] In January 2015, Sanders became a member of the Senate Budget Committee.[11][12] Sanders has been seen as the most popular senator in the country by multiple yearly polls.[13][14][15]

On April 30, 2015, Sanders became a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2016 United States presidential election. He made the announcement in a speech on the Capitol lawn.[10][16] His campaign started on May 26 in Burlington.[17] Unlike some of the other presidential candidates, Sanders did not want Super PACS to give him money. People give him money on his website.[18][19][20] He won 22 primaries and caucuses in the 2016 Democratic primaries. He won about 45% of pledged delegates to Hillary Clinton's 55%. On July 12, 2016, he formally endorsed Clinton due to DNC policies, but did not end his own presidential campaign.[21] On July 26, 2016, during a roll-call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention Sanders lost the nomination to Clinton.[22]

After his presidential campaign ended, he started an organization, Our Revolution. Its goal is to "recruit and support candidates for local, state, and national office". He has also announced the upcoming creation of The Sanders Institute, which will spread his political ideas through documentary movies and other media.[23] In February 2017, Sanders began webcasting The Bernie Sanders Show on Facebook.[24]

On February 19, 2019, Sanders announced a second presidential campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election.[25] His 2020 campaign had raised over four million in donations from individual donors, the largest than any other presidential candidate in history.[26] In early 2020, Sanders was seen as the front-runner for the nomination after winning the first three primary contests and leading in national polling numbers,[27][28][29][30] but after Joe Biden won most of the Super Tuesday contests in March the primary became more competitive.[31] After failing to win many primary states, Sanders ended his campaign on April 8, 2020, later supporting Biden's campaign for President.[3][32]
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  1. ↑ Peter Nicholas (July 26, 2016). "Bernie Sanders to return to the Senate as Independent". The Wall Street Journal.com. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Blomquist, Dan; Robert Way (November 5, 2015). "Bernie Sanders files for Democratic ballot in N.H. primary". Boston Globe.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race". CNBC. April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Why Bernie Sanders is going to Alabama two weeks before the Iowa caucuses". Washington Post.com. January 18, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference CNNFF was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Bernie Sanders confirms presidential run and damns America's inequities". The Guardian. Associated Press. April 29, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lerer, Lisa (July 16, 2009). "Where's the outrage over AIG bonuses?". The Politico. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  8. ↑ Sanders, Bernie (May 26, 2013). "What Can We Learn From Denmark?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ McMurry, Evan (May 3, 2015). "Bernie Sanders: America Should Look More Like Scandinavia". Mediaite. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Rappeport, Alan (April 29, 2015). "Bernie Sanders Announces He Is Running for President". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  11. ↑ Vicki Needham (December 12, 2014). ""Senate Democrats lock in key committee memberships."". The Hill.
  12. ↑ Dreier, Peter (May 5, 2015). "Bernie Sanders' Socialism Is as American as Apple Pie". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  13. ↑ Cite error: The named reference pop1 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  14. ↑ Cite error: The named reference pop2 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  15. ↑ "The Most and Least Popular U.S. Senators". Statista. January 17, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  16. ↑ Cogan, Marin. "Bernie Sanders Is Officially Running for President — That Doesn't Mean You Can Ask Him About Hillary Clinton". New York magazine.
  17. ↑ "VIDEO: Bernie Sanders announces run for president". The Burlington Free Press. May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  18. ↑ Bradner, Eric (April 30, 2015). "Sanders doesn't want billionaires' backing". CNN. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  19. ↑ Sofia Tesfaye (June 16, 2015). "America is feeling the Bern: Bernie Sanders draws overflow crowds — and surges in the polls". Salon.com. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  20. ↑ Seelye, Katherine Q. (25 June 2015). "New Hampshire Poll Shows Bernie Sanders in Dead Heat With Hillary Clinton". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  21. ↑ Cite error: The named reference SandersClinton was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  22. ↑ "Democrats Nominate Hillary Clinton Despite Sharp Divisions". The New York Times.com. July 26, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  23. ↑ Guadiano, Nicole (July 15, 2016). "Bernie Sanders will launch organizations to spread progressive message". USA Today. USA Today. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  24. ↑ Adam Gabbatt (April 11, 2017). "The Bernie Sanders Show is interactive TV talk for the era of Facebook activism". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  25. ↑ CNN, Gregory Krieg (19 February 2019). "Bernie Sanders launches second presidential campaign". CNN. Retrieved 2019-02-19. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  26. ↑ Cite error: The named reference history2019 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  27. ↑ Cite error: The named reference postpoll was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  28. ↑ "Bernie Sanders is now the front-runner. And moderates may be too divided to stop him". NBC. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  29. ↑ "How Bernie Sanders became the Democratic primary's early front-runner". CNN. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  30. ↑ "Sanders surges to double-digit lead in new nationwide poll". Politico. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  31. ↑ "Joe Biden is the front-runner again after he shocked the world on Super Tuesday". CNBC. March 3, 2020.
  32. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Bidenin was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

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