Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), 82, announced Monday that he will seek another term.
Sanders informed X that he was running for re-election.
From the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank the people of Vermont for giving me the opportunity to serve in the United States Senate. It was the honor of my life.
Today, I announce my intention to seek a new term. Here’s why: pic.twitter.com/cfO8MF4Cep
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 6, 2024
“I want to thank the people of Vermont from the bottom of my heart for giving me the opportunity to serve in the United States Senate. It has been the honor of my life,” he said. “Today, I am announcing my intention to seek re-election.”
Sanders will turn 83 before the November election, but if re-elected he will be 89 by the end of his fourth term in January 2031.
In his announcement video, Sanders called for codifying Roe v. Wade into national law, “ensuring tuition is free at all public universities,” and funding for Israel in its war with Hamas. argued against it.
Filing period for Aug. 13 primary elections in the state It was opened Late April, deadline is May 30th.
do sanders easily won In 2018, he was selected as the Democratic candidate with 94% of the vote, and since then win In the general election, that year’s Republican candidate Lawrence Zupan and a number of third-party candidates easily won.
2022 Green Mountain State Senate Republican candidate and Republican veteran Gerald Malloy is running again this term.
malloy asked for He won the seat held by former Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), but lost in the general election to Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) by a 40-point margin.
The far-left Sen. Sanders was first elected in the 2006 midterm elections, was a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, and is now reelected for a third time as perhaps the nation’s most prominent progressive. Coming. Sanders was elected in 2016. He is second only to twice unsuccessful presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. With the majority of superdelegates going to Clinton, the final number of delegates was 2,811 for Clinton and 1,879 for Sanders.
He again came in second in 2020, winning 1,119 delegates to Joe Biden’s 2,739.
