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Sanders Sweeps Saturday Caucuses



MARCH 27TH, 2016





BURLINGTON, Vt. – In a three-state sweep on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won caucuses in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii as his campaign for the White House gained momentum.

“We are on a path toward victory,” Sanders told a Saturday evening rally in Madison, Wisconsin, as the first two states were called in his favor. He and his wife, Jane, later flew home to Vermont to await the outcome in Hawaii. “It is hard for anybody to deny that our campaign has the momentum,” he told more than 8,100 cheering supporters who filled an arena on the University of Wisconsin campus.

He won Washington with 73 percent of the vote, took Alaska by a landslide 82 percent and cruised to victory in Hawaii with 71 percent, according to the vote tallies by The Associated Press.

Altogether, Sanders has now notched six wins in the past week. He defeated Clinton by double-digit margins last Tuesday in Idaho and Utah. The day before he was the overwhelming victor in balloting by Democrats Abroad.





He said the momentum building behind his campaign comes from big crowds at rallies, from overwhelming victories, from record turnouts at caucuses and primaries, from a grassroots campaign taking on the political establishment and from more than 2 million supporters who donated less than $30 apiece on average.

Saturday’s caucuses were expected to result in a big gain in pledged delegates for Sanders.

The victories came after he edged two days ago into a nationwide lead over Clinton in a major national poll conducted for Bloomberg Politics.

Sanders also consistently has fared much better than the former secretary of state in matchups with Republican White House hopefuls, including GOP front-runner Donald Trump. In a recent CNN/ORC poll, Clinton had a 12-point edge over Trump but Sanders outpolled him by 20 points. Sanders also was liked by more voters than U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Clinton tied Cruz and lost to Kasich.

Wisconsin is the next stop in the contest with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Eighty-six pledged delegates will be at stake in the April 5 primary election.




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Sanders Wins Alaska, Washington



MARCH 26, 2016




MADISON, Wis. – On a roll, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won the caucuses on Saturday in the state of Washington, where he holds a double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton, and in Alaska, where he won in a landslide.

“We are on a path toward victory,” Sanders told a Saturday evening rally here in Wisconsin’s capital city.

“It is hard for anybody to deny that our campaign has the momentum,” he told more than 8,100 cheering supporters who filled an arena on the University of Wisconsin campus. He said the momentum building behind his campaign comes from big crowds at rallies, from overwhelming victories, from record turnouts at caucuses and primaries, from a grassroots campaign taking on the political establishment and from more than 2 million supporters who donated less than $30 apiece on average.

While the results were still being tabulated in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, Saturday’s caucuses were expected to result in a big gain in pledged delegates for Sanders. In the past week alone, Sanders picked up delegates in Idaho, Utah and among Democrats abroad.



Moreover, in recent days he edged into a nationwide lead over Clinton in a major national poll conducted for Bloomberg Politics.

Sanders also consistently has fared much better than the former secretary of state in matchups with Republican White House hopefuls, including GOP front-runner Donald Trump. In a recent CNN/ORC poll, Clinton had a 12-point edge over Trump but Sanders outpolled him by 20 points. Sanders also was liked by more voters than U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Clinton tied Cruz and lost to Kasich.

Wisconsin is the next stop in the contest with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Eighty-six pledged delegates will be at stake in the April 5 primary election.




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Sanders Swings for Fences in Washington Caucuses



MARCH 25, 2016





SEATTLE – Bernie Sanders supporters filled more than 15,100 seats at the Seattle Mariners’ baseball park on Friday one day before Democrats here head to caucuses to determine who to nominate for president.

It was Sanders’ sixth big rally in recent days in Washington, one of the key progressive Western states where he has tried to tap a tremendous show of support.

In just the past week, Sanders has won more delegates than Hillary Clinton. He notched double-digit wins in Idaho and Utah. He edged into a nationwide lead over Clinton in a major national poll conducted for Bloomberg Politics. And he has consistently fared much better than Clinton in matchups with Republican White House hopefuls, including GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

“Don’t let anybody tell you that Hillary Clinton is the strongest Democratic candidate to take on the Republicans. It is not true,” Sanders told the crowd at Safeco Field.

In a recent CNN/ORC poll, Clinton fared better than Trump by 12 points but Sanders outpolled the real estate tycoon by 20 points. He also beat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. She tied Cruz and lost to Kasich.

Speaking from a podium placed over home plate, Sanders told the the baseball park crowd that he could win in Washington if there is a big turnout at the Saturday morning caucuses.

The great state of Washington has the opportunity to help lead this country into a political revolution!

– SEN. BERNIE SANDERS

“Tomorrow morning in the great state of Washington we are going to say loud and clear the billionaire class cannot have it all. Tomorrow morning we are going to tell the world we demand a government that represents all of us, not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors,” Sanders said.

Earlier Friday, 11,500 Sanders backers packed a mid-day rally at the arena in Portland, Oregon, just across the state line from Vancouver, Washington.

During the rally in the area where the Portland Trail Blazers play, a sparrow perched for a minute on the front of Sanders’ podium. The video went viral on social media with the hashtag #BirdieSanders. Locals saw a special meaning in the bird landing because of the line about the city’s quirky ways – “put a bird on it” – from the TV show “Portlandia.”


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