Bernie Sanders
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- Office Held:
- US Senate, VT
- Office Sought:
- US Senate, VT
SANDERS, Bernard, a Senator and a Representative from Vermont; born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September 8, 1941; graduated from Madison High School, Brooklyn,
N.Y.; B.S., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1964; faculty, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass., 1989; faculty, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.,
1990; carpenter; journalist; unsuccessful independent candidate for election to
the United States Senate in 1972 and 1974; unsuccessful independent candidate
for election for governor of Vermont in 1972, 1976 and 1986; mayor of
Burlington, Vt., 1981-1989; unsuccessful independent candidate to the One
Hundred First Congress in 1988; elected as an independent to the One Hundred
Second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3,
2007); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but
was elected as an Independent to the United States Senate in 2006 for the term
commencing January 3, 2007; reelected in 2012 for the term ending January 3,
2019; chair, Committee on Veterans Affairs (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress).
Source: Bioguide
Campaign Finance
$375,036 Received
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
- organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.
For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.
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Top Industries
OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.86% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry. -
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Top Contributors
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Earmarks
$78,856,580 Allocated
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Figures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill. Earmarks from the president's budget proposal are not included.
For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.
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Top Earmarks
Fiscal Year Amount Description 2010 $21,617,000 Center for Civic Education for two programs (We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange) that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program 2010 $13,000,000 National Rural Water Assn: National Rural Water Association 2010 $6,000,000 Fire Crash and Rescue Station Add/Alt 2010 $6,000,000 Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 2010 $5,019,000 National Council on Economic Education for the Cooperative Education Exchange program, which is authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education Program 2010 $4,500,000 University of California American Burn Association (Lungren): Military Burn Trauma Research Program 2010 $4,000,000 Vermont National Guard: Sustainable Energy Vermont National Guard 2010 $2,400,000 Vermont National Guard: Vermont Service Member, Veteran, and Family Member Outreach, Readiness, and Reintegration Program 2010 $1,996,000 BOQ Add/Alt 2010 $1,948,000 Chittenden County Transportation Authority Buses, Equipment, and Facilities, Including Downtown Burlington Transit Center Design, VT
