It’s been a long, strange trip for Bernie Sanders, from failed Liberty Union candidate to Democratic front-runner for the U.S. presidency. How did he get this far? Retrace “Bernie’s Journey” as mayor of Burlington, Vt., U.S. representative, senator and two-time presidential candidate — through the eyes of the state’s independent news media. Original material from more than 30 years of Bernie-watching tells the inside story of the outsider democratic socialist. Browse this updated timeline for a virtual whistle-stop tour of Bernie’s colorful political career.
Contributors
- Greg Guma, author of The People’s Republic: Vermont and the Sanders Revolution, helped compose this feature.
- CCTV Center for Media & Democracy contributed archival video footage to the feature. Visit their video archives to order additional Bernie Sanders footage.
- To reuse archival photos from this feature, please contact Rob Swanson (802-355-1929) or the executor of Matthew Thorsen’s estate, Diane Sullivan.
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