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Bernie Sanders
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Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders Bernard Sanders, known as Bernie, is an American politician, author, and activist. An independent aligned with Democrats, he served as U.S. Senator from Vermont (2007-present) and Mayor of Burlington (1981-1989). He ran for president in 2016 and 2020.

Overview

Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020. Ideologically a democratic socialist, Sanders is regarded as one of the main leaders of the modern American progressive movement.

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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Bernie Sanders. American politician and activist (born 1941)

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Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

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1940s
1941

Birth

Birth of Bernie Sanders.

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2020s
2026

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2026

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