Bernard Sanders, Independent

Current office: U.S. Senate

Birth place: Brooklyn, NY (09/08/1941)
Home city: Burlington, VT

Education: BA, University of Chicago, 1964 Attended, Brooklyn College.

Profession: Lecturer, Hamilton College, 1989-1990 Lecturer, Harvard University, 1989 Director, American People's Historical Society, 1977 Author, Outsider in the House Documentary Filmmaker Free-Lance Writer.

Political: 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.

Membership: Co-founder/Officer, Congressional Progressive Caucus, 1991-1998 Co-Chair, Congressional Child Care Caucus, 2003-2004 National Guard and Reserve Components Organization Co-Chair, Prescription Drug Task Force. Member, Coalition on Population and Development Member, Friends of Ireland Member, Northeast/Midwest Coalition.

First elected: 11/07/2006
Last elected: 11/07/2006
Next election: 2012

Family: Wife: Jane O'Meara; 1 Child, Levi; 3 Stepchildren, Heather, Carina, David


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