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Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s running for president in 2020

By JUANA SUMMERS such as “Medicare-for-all”
Associated Press and free college tuition,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ver- Sanders stunned the Dem-
mont Sen. Bernie Sanders ocratic establishment in
said Tuesday that he will 2016 with his spirited chal-
seek the Democratic presi- lenge to Hillary Clinton.
dential nomination again, While she ultimately be-
a decision that will test came the party’s nominee,
whether he can still gener- his campaign helped lay
ate the progressive energy the groundwork for the left-
that fueled his insurgent ward lurch that has domi-
2016 campaign. nated Democratic politics
“Our campaign is not only in the Trump era.
about defeating Donald The question now for Sand-
Trump,” the 77-year-old ers is whether he can stand
self-described democratic out in a crowded field of
socialist said in an email Democratic presidential
to supporters. “Our cam- candidates who also em-
paign is about transforming brace many of his policy
our country and creating ideas and who are newer
a government based on to the national political
the principles of economic, stage. That’s far different
social, racial and environ- from 2016, when he was
mental justice.” Clinton’s lone progressive In this Nov. 27, 2018, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his new book, ‘Where We
Go From Here: Two Years in the Resistance’, at a George Washington University/Politics and Prose
An enthusiastic progressive adversary. event in Washington.
who embraces proposals Associated Press
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