Bernie Sanders is in the Senate.
Bernie Sanders . Initially considered a long shot , Sanders won 23 primaries and caucuses and approximately 43 % of pledged delegates to Clinton 's 55 % . The 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses were a series of electoral contests organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the Democratic National Convention held July 25 -- 28 and determine the nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election . She was followed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders , former Governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley , former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee , former Virginia Senator Jim Webb and Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig . Our Revolution is an American progressive political action organization spun out of Senator Bernie Sanders ' 2016 presidential campaign to continue its work . The 2012 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 6 , 2012 , alongside the presidential election , other elections to the United States Congress , as well as various state and local elections .