Bernard Sanders

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Bernard Sanders

U.S. Senator · Vermont · I

U.S. Senator — VT (I)

Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 1988–2026 cycles

$92,676,760 raised

Influence graph
Individual 91%
PAC 3%
Other

Where the $92,676,760 raised came from · FEC · 1988–2026 cycle

$92,676,760
Raised
FEC receipts · 1988–2026 cycle
$2,391,874
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 1988–2026 cycles
$570,000
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 1 edge
Across 2 FEC campaigns
$86,666,507
U.S. Senate · 2006–2026
$6,010,253
U.S. House · 1988–2006

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Not employed / self$1,357,113
  • Other / unclassified$438,861
  • Tech$172,054
  • Education$158,552
  • Health professionals$116,641
  • Retired$75,870
  • Lawyers & law firms$59,070
  • TV, movies & music$40,580

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • TA INSTRUMENTS$13,000
  • GOOGLE$10,976
  • MERITAGE GROUP LP$6,600
  • APPLE$5,168
  • UCLA$3,700
  • MIT$3,549
  • JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS$3,510
  • KOENIGSBERG & ASSOCIATES$3,461
  • CUNY$3,241
  • KAISER PERMANENTE$3,073

Committee assignments · 11

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsRanking Member
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  • Senate Committee on Finance
  • Senate Committee on the Budget
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Social Security, Pensions, and Family PolicyRanking Member
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 50

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • S. 5026A bill to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children.
  • S. 4825Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2026· Taxation
  • S. 4602Abolish Super PACs Act· Government Operations and Politics
  • S. 4551Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026· Labor and Employment
  • S. 4518Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026· Agriculture and Food

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 5 total

People0
  • None on file
Organizations2
PACs / committees3

Connections · explore all 5

Every sourced counterparty, one row each (edges to the same party are merged and show the largest documented amount). Search, filter by type or direction, and sort. Money figures are FEC-sourced where marked.

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Spent against them · $570,000

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

  • 2015-11-18
    National Nurses United's affiliated super PAC (funded by nurses' union dues) made the largest outside/independent-expenditure spending on Sanders' behalf in the 2016 presidential primary — roughly $570,000 reported by November 2015, topping $610,000 for the cycle — an anomaly for a candidate who campaigns against super PACs. National Nurses United for Patient Protection
    source · newssingle source — not corroborated
    $570,000
  • —
    At war with AIPAC; UDP spent to defeat his allies United Democracy Project

    The Forward: UDP spent about $2M to defeat Sanders-endorsed candidates; Sanders declared war on AIPAC.

    source · newssingle source — not corroborated

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