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Democratic Vermont Leaders Fail To Endorse Sanders For President

Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders may be popular among the dispossessed and a segment of the Democratic Party, but he’s not getting support from key leaders in his home state as he mounts his presidential campaign.

Bernie Sanders served as mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He captured Vermont’s only U.S. House seat in 1990 and won a spot in the Senate in 2007. The independent caucuses with the Democrats and is running for president as one.

On the day Sanders announced the details of his hometown presidential campaign kickoff, Vermont Governor Democrat Peter Shumlin tweeted his endorsement of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Vermont’s senior Senator Democrat Patrick Leahy has already endorsed Clinton. The The Democratic leader of the Vermont House, Shap Smith, says he will probably follow suit and endorse Clinton.


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