Senator Bernie Sanders: A Timeline

Dec. 10 - Semi-filibuster against tax agreement.

Nov. 6 - Re-elected to U.S. Senate, def. John MacGovern (R) by 71.00% to 24.90%.  Dec. - Named chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.




Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day 75 years, 4.4 months.

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019








Nov. 8 - Elected to the U.S. Senate - seat opened by retirement of Sen. Jim Jeffords - def. Richard Tarrant (R) by 65% to 32%.



2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

 
Elected to Congress as an Independent, def. former Lt. Gov. Peter Smith (R).
Convener and first chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.


Sanders was elected to Congress a total of eight times, his closest race was in 1994.


Outsider in the House (Verso).


1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999

 

Elected Mayor of Burlington by margin of 10 votes.

Re-elected.

Re-elected.
Independent candidate for governor, finishing third: M.Kunin (D) 47.0%, P.Smith 38.3%, Sanders 14.5%.
Re-elected.
Marries Jane O'Meara (second marriage).
Independent candidate for Congress, losing to former Lt. Gov. Peter Smith (R).
Teaches at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University and at Hamilton College.
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

 

Joins Liberty Union Party.

Jan. - Candidate for U.S. Senate in special election (won 2%; Robert Stafford elected).
Candidate for governor.

Candidate for U.S. Senate.

Candidate for governor.


Resigns from Liberty Union Party.
Writer and producer of the American People's History Society.
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

 




Graduates from University of Chicago with B.A. degree. Works on kibbutz in Israel. Sept. - Marries Deborah Shiling, they settle in Middlesex, VT.

Divorce.


Son Levi born.
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

 









Graduates from James Madison High School in Brooklyn.
Attends Brooklyn College, 1959-60.
1950
1951
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1953
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1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

 

Born Sept. 8, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY, younger of two sons.  Parents were Jewish Polish immigrants.







1940
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1949


See: Martin Gould. "Bernie Sanders' very 1960s love life revealed..."  Daily Mail, July 9, 2015.

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