Progressive US Senator Bernie Sanders to run for reelection
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Sanders says that he will run for another term as country faces ‘difficult political moment’ amid schisms over Gaza.
United States Senator Bernie Sanders, the 82-year-old leftist and two-time presidential candidate from Vermont, has announced that he will run for reelection amid rumours of possible retirement.
Sanders, whose presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020 galvanised young people and progressives, announced on Monday that he would run for a fourth six-year term in the US Senate.
“Let me thank the people of Vermont, from the bottom of my heart, for giving me the opportunity to serve them in the United States Senate. It has been the honour of my life,” Sanders, an independent, said in a video recording.
“Today, I am announcing my intention to seek another term.”
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