lacy crawford, jr., and phil contrino, chief analyst at boxoffice.com. [applause] senator bernie sanders is widely known in vermont simply as bernie. he began a life of activism as a student at the university of chicago, where he led a sit in two protest discriminatory housing policies. after graduating and living on an israeli cabinets, he moved to vermont and had a series of jobs in areas ranging from filmmaking to carpentry. he ran and lost as a third-party candidate for several offices before winning a race for mayor of burlington in 1981. his margin of victory was 10 votes. sanders gained popularity by promoting burlington's local businesses, fixing potholes, and bringing a minor-league baseball team to town. vermonters elected him to the house in 1990 and to the senate in 2007. when sanders arrived on capitol hill, he was the only independent in the house. he has gone on to become the longest-serving independent in congressional history. he caucuses with the democrats and he has become the ranking member of the senate budget committee. sanders spea

lacy crawford, jr., and phil contrino, first analyst at boxoffice.com. [applause] senator bernie sanders is widely known in vermont simply as bernie. he began a life of activism as a student at the university of chicago where he led a sit-in protest discriminatory housing policies. after graduating and serving on an israeli cabinet, he moved to vermont and had a series of jobs in areas ranging from filmmaking to carpentry. he ran and lost as a third-party candidate for several offices before winning a race for mayor of burlington in 1981. his margin of victory was 10 after graduating and serving on votes. sanders gained popularity by promoting burlington's local businesses, fixing potholes, and bringing a minor-league baseball team to town. vermonters elected him to the house in 1990 and to the senate in 2007. when sanders arrived on capitol hill, he was the only independent in the house. he has gone on to become the longest-serving independent in congressional history. he caucuses with the democrats and he has become the ranking member of the senate bud