Bernie Sanders is a politician.
Bernie Sanders . Sanders became the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee in January 2015 ; he had previously been chair of the Senate Veterans ' Affairs Committee for two years . He served as a congressman for 16 years before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 . Sanders announced his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination on April 30 , 2015 . On July 12 , 2016 , Sanders formally endorsed Clinton against her Republican general election opponent Donald Trump , while urging his supporters to continue the `` political revolution '' his campaign had begun . Our Revolution is an American progressive political action organization spun out of Senator Bernie Sanders ' 2016 presidential campaign to continue its work .