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Bernie Sanders for President
Bernie Sanders 2016 logo.svg
Campaign United States presidential election, 2016
Candidate Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator (2007–present)
U.S. Representative (1991–2007)
Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989)
Affiliation Democratic Party
Status Announced: April 30, 2015
Formal launch: May 26, 2015
Lost nomination: July 26, 2016
Headquarters 131 Church Street, Suite 300
Burlington, Vermont
Key people Jeff Weaver, campaign manager
Symone D. Sanders, press secretary
Receipts US$73,000,000 (2015-12-31)
Slogan Not Me. Us.
A Future To Believe In
A Political Revolution Is Coming
Not For Sale
Chant Feel the Bern
Enough Is Enough!

The 2016 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders was his effort to become the President of the United States. Sanders was a U.S. Senator from Vermont. Before that, he was a U.S. Representative and the Mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

He officially announced his campaign on May 26, 2015, in Burlington. He had informally announced it a month earlier. Sanders ran as a member of the Democratic Party.

Sanders had thought about running for president for a while. He was known as an Independent politician. However, his ideas often matched those of the Democratic Party. He worked with Democrats in the Senate. On July 26, 2016, Sanders did not win the Democratic nomination. He lost to Hillary Clinton.

Images for kids

  • Sanders presidential campaign kickoff, May 2015 (24317181804)

    Sanders at his campaign launch in Burlington, Vermont, late May 2015

  • Jorge Ramos & Bernie Sanders by Gage Skidmore

    Sanders speaks with Jorge Ramos at the January 2016 Brown & Black Presidential Forum in Iowa

  • BernieSanders

    Sanders in Minneapolis facing the first large crowd of his campaign, May 31, 2015

  • Senator of Vermont Bernie Sanders Campaign Field Office In Nashua NH 06

    A Sanders campaign field office

  • Bernie Sanders by Gage Skidmore

    Sanders at a town meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, July 2015

  • Bernie Sanders before a crowd in Conway, NH, on August 24, 2015 (20876809366)

    Sanders before a crowd in Conway, New Hampshire, August 2015

  • Bernie Sanders rally in Portland, Oregon, August 2015 (20261929680)

    Bernie Sanders rally in Portland, Oregon, August 2015

  • Sanders supporters in Iowa, January 31, 2016

    Sanders supporters, January 2016

  • Bernie Sanders DNC July 2016

    Bernie Sanders speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, on July 25, 2016.

  • Larry David at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2

    Larry David parodied Sanders on Saturday Night Live

  • WellsFargo-(2) (28668415066)

    Bernie or Bust protesters (with some carrying Bernie or Bust picket signs) at the Wells Fargo Center during the roll call vote when nominating Hillary Clinton at the DNC

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Campaña presidencial de Bernie Sanders de 2016 para niños

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