Bernie Sanders Files for 2024 Re-Election to Senate
He is now running for two different federal positions under two different party labels.
Reuters
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is officially running for two different federal offices under two different party labels. On Monday, Sanders filed for re-election to the Senate in 2024, listing his party as “independent.” Team Sanders said the filing was an automatic renewal of Sanders’ candidacy, a standard move for victorious congressional candidates ahead of anticipated reelection contests. That came a couple weeks after he threw his hat in the ring for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders has marshaled tremendous support for his presidential bid since last month, with supporters packing his campaign rallies and pouring small-dollar financial support into his campaign coffers. But Sanders faces a far more crowded primary field than he did in 2016, when he was bested by Hillary Clinton, and some of his critics continue to object to the Vermont senator’s unwillingness to officially affiliate with the Democratic Party in his capacity as a legislator. —Lachlan Markay
Bernie Sanders has officially filed for reelection in 2024 as an independent, meaning he's currently running for office under two different party IDs pic.twitter.com/4tBE5aiIfp
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 4, 2019
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