Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator from Vermont
Bernard Sanders was born in September 1941 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. He studied at Brooklyn College before transferring to the University of Chicago where he earned an undergraduate degree in political science. He quickly became a political activist, joining the Young People’s Socialist League and numerous other groups.
He became involved in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with union organizers and on the campaigns of many politicians. He returned to New York City, working at various jobs including Head Start teacher, psychiatric aide, and carpenter. He moved to Vermont and began his political career. Sanders served for eight years as the mayor of Burlington. He was elected as the representative-at-large for Vermont to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991. He has served as a member of the U.S. Senate since 2007.
He was a candidate for the presidency in the 2016 and 2020 election cycles.
He is married to Jane, by whom he has three stepchildren. He is divorced from Deborah. He has a son, Levi, born to his then-girlfriend Susan. He is Jewish.
In the News…
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is one of the minority party members who expressed the need to continue the fight for the healthcare subsidies rather than concede and reopen the government.
“We have the moral responsibility to stand up and fight for the 15 million people who are about to lose health care,” Senator Sanders said in an interview.
“What the polling tells me, and what I believe to be true, is that the vast majority of the American people are behind us, not to give in…”
Contact this Leader…
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The Honorable Bernie Sanders
Senator from Vermont
332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
