Senator Bernie Sanders wins a fourth term representing Vermont

Bernie Sanders wins fourth Senate term, a progressive champion working closely with Biden on key policy issues.

Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent beloved by progressives, won re-election on Tuesday (November 6, 2024) to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate.

Mr. Sanders defeated Republican Gerald Malloy, a U.S. Army veteran and businessman. Also on the ballot were independent candidate Steve Berry, as well as minor party candidates Mark Stewart Greenstein, Matt Hill and Justin Schoville.

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The 83-year-old senator is a self-described democratic socialist who caucuses with the Democrats and twice came close to winning the presidential nomination. More recently, he has worked closely with the Biden administration to craft its domestic policy goals on health care, education, childcare and workers’ rights. He is the longest-serving independent in Congress.

Mr. Sanders said he ran again because the country faces some of its toughest and most serious challenges of the modern era. He described those as threats to its democratic foundations, massive levels of income and wealth inequality, climate change, and challenges to women’s ability to control their own bodies.

“I just did not feel with my seniority and with my experience that I could walk away from Vermont, representing Vermont, at this difficult moment in American history,” he said during a recent WCAX-TV debate.

Mr. Malloy, 62, who served 22 years in the Army and was a defence contractor for 16 years, said he thought Mr. Sanders was going to retire – and thinks he should – after 34 years in Congress. Mr. Malloy said Mr. Sanders is not delivering results.