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      • Bernard Sanders Party
      • Party

        Independent
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/7/2006
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      • Next Election

        2018
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        6.54%
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      • Votes with Party

        94.95%
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    • Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Vermont. Before serving in the Senate, he represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives and served as Mayor of Burlington, the largest city in Vermont. Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist, and has praised European social democracy; he is the first person elected to Congress to identify as a socialist in six decades.
      Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments, but because he does not belong to a formal political party, he appears as an independent on the ballot. He was also the o...
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Date Born

BORN

9/8/1941

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

New York, NY

Home City

HOME CITY

Burlington, VT

Religion

Religion

  Jewish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, Hamilton College, 1989-1990 Lecturer, Harvard University, 1989 Director, American People's Historical Society, 1977 Author Documentary Filmmaker

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 2006-present Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1990-2006 Mayor, City of Burlington, 1981-1989 Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1988 Candidate, Governor, 1972, 1976, 1986 Candidate, United States Senate, 1972, 1974 Member, Liberty Union Party

EDUCATION

BA, University of Chicago, 1964

FAMILY

Wife: Jane; 1 Child, Levi; 3 Stepchildren: Heather, Carina, David

COMMITTEES JOINED
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders

    Joint Economic Committee, Member, Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection, Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Member, Subcommittee on Water and Power, Member, Subcommittee on Energy, Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families, Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Chair, Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy, Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight, Member, Committee on the Budget, Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Chair,