Senator Bernie Sanders: A Timeline
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. |
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| Nov. 8 - Elected to the U.S. Senate
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opened by retirement of Sen. Jim Jeffords - def. Richard Tarrant (R) by
65% to 32%. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Graduates from James
Madison High School in Brooklyn. Attends Brooklyn College, 1959-60. |
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| Born Sept. 8, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY, younger of two sons. Parents were Jewish Polish immigrants. |
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| Copyright
© 2014, 2015 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action
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