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Former White House hopeful Bernie Sanders seeks re-election at 82
- Liberal icon Bernie Sanders is running for US Senate re-election, squelching retirement rumours
- Sanders has criticised US President Joe Biden’s handling of the US relationship with Israel
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Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving independent senator in American history, said on Monday he will seek a fourth term in an announcement touting his record over 16 years and taking aim at US military funding for Israel.
The 82-year-old son of Jewish immigrants – who describes himself as a “democratic socialist” and votes with the Democrats – framed November’s election as “the most important” in generations.
The announcement cements Sanders, who is in a safe seat in Vermont, as the most high-profile Senate progressive as US President Joe Biden vies for re-election against Republican Donald Trump while navigating a growing protest movement sparked by the Israel-Gaza war.
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Sanders has been a reliable Biden ally on most of the president’s domestic agenda.
But he has become a thorn in the administration’s side over the mounting death toll in Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas attacks.
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