WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Independent US Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to local media.
“I am running for President to win," Sanders told Vermont Radio on Wednesday evening.
Every candidate for president has got to answer one simple question: pic.twitter.com/LzwpbjodIj
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 29, 2015
The Independent senator will be the first Democratic candidate to challenge Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Bernie Sanders is REALLY into making points with his index finger: https://t.co/4jYQEKK9rx pic.twitter.com/xaOqJWxoLB
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) April 30, 2015
