His first political affiliation was with the Vietnam-centered Liberty Union Party, and he once threw the election of Madeleine Kunin to the legislature as a spoiler candidate. He defeated Richard Tarrant for the seat of the retiring (*) Jim Jeffords in 2006, after serving in the House and spending the 1980s as mayor of Burlington. For 10 points— name this self-declared socialist, an independent member of the Senate from Vermont.
His first political affiliation was with the Vietnam-centered Liberty Union Party, and he once threw the election of Madeleine Kunin to the legislature as a spoiler candidate. He defeated Richard Tarrant for the seat of the retiring (*) Jim Jeffords in 2006, after serving in the House and spending the 1980s as mayor of Burlington. For 10 points— name this self-declared socialist, an independent member of the Senate from Vermont.
His first political affiliation was with the Vietnam-centered Liberty Union Party, and he once threw the election of Madeleine Kunin to the legislature as a spoiler candidate.
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders