Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign

For his 2016 campaign, see Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign.

Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign
Campaign2020 United States presidential election (Democratic Party primaries)
CandidateBernie Sanders
AffiliationDemocratic Party
StatusWithdrawn
AnnouncedFebruary 19, 2019
SuspendedApril 8, 2020[1]
HeadquartersBurlington, Vermont[2]
Washington, D.C.[3]
Key peopleBen Cohen (national co-chair)[4]
Ro Khanna (national co-chair)[4]
Nina Turner (national co-chair)[4]
Carmen Yulín Cruz (national co-chair)[4]
Faiz Shakir (campaign manager)[5]
Analilia Mejia (national political director)[6]
Briahna Joy Gray (press secretary)[7]
Chuck Rocha (senior adviser)[8]
Jess Mazour (Iowa political director)[9]
ReceiptsUS$108,912,139.51[10] (December 31, 2019)
Slogan[2]
Feel the Bern[11]
Not me. Us.
Website
berniesanders.com
(archived - February 19, 2020)
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Bernie Sanders
Mayor of Burlington
U.S. Representative from
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The 2020 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders was an election campaign from the junior United States senator from Vermont. It began with Sanders's formal announcement on February 19, 2019. The announcement followed widespread speculation that he would run again after running unsuccessfully in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.

Sanders consistently polled among the top three Democratic candidates nationally. Sanders raised $6 million in the first 24 hours of his announcement, beating out Kamala Harris's $1.6 million for the highest amount raised on day one. Sanders raised $10 million in the first week since launching his campaign. Within each of the four quarters of 2019, Sanders' campaign raised $18.2 million, $18 million, $25.3 million, and $34.5 million, respectively. In the first, third and fourth quarters, the campaign had the largest haul for any candidate in the Democratic field. In the second quarter, he was outraised by Elizabeth Warren.[12] On September 19, 2019, Sanders' campaign announced that they had reached 1 million individual donors, becoming the fastest presidential campaign in history to do so. As of January 2020, Sanders had raised more money than any other Democratic candidate, and only self-funded billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg had more cash on hand.[13]

The national co-chairs of the campaign were Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen, U.S. representative Ro Khanna, Our Revolution president Nina Turner, and San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz.[4] The campaign manager was Faiz Shakir.[5]

Sanders suspended his presidential campaign on April 8, 2020,[1] following a string of losses to his chief rival Joe Biden and a dwindling path to the nomination.[14] He endorsed Biden on April 13.[15]

  1. ^ a b Ember, Sydney (April 8, 2020). "Bernie Sanders Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Race for President". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Bernie 2020". berniesanders.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Otterbein, Holly (March 11, 2019). "Sanders campaign to be based in both D.C. and Vermont". Politico. Archived from the original on December 1, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e Perticone, Joe (February 21, 2019). "Bernie Sanders announces new national co-chairs: Our Revolution President and former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner, Rep. Ro Khanna, San Juan Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz and Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen". @JoePerticone. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Resnick, Gideon; Stein, Sam; Ackerman, Spencer (February 19, 2019). "Bernie Sanders Hires Top Progressive Advocate, Faiz Shakir, as Campaign Manager". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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  7. ^ Seitz-Wald, Alex [@aseitzwald] (March 19, 2019). "New hires for Bernie Sanders' comms shop: The Intercept's Briahna Joy Gray joins as national press secretary, David Sirota comes on board as senior comms adviser and speechwriter" (Tweet). Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Bonn, Tess (February 6, 2020). "Sanders adviser: Bloomberg 'may have all the money, but we definitely have all the people'". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  9. ^ Jaffe, Alexander (March 12, 2019). "Bernie Sanders Makes Top Iowa, New Hampshire Hires for 2020". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  10. ^ "Form 3P for Bernie 2020". Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Kroll, Andy (March 3, 2020). "Inside Bernie Sanders' Plan for a Youth Vote Revolution". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  12. ^ Blaine, Kyle (April 16, 2019). "2020 first quarter fundraising totals released". CNN Politics. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  13. ^ McMinn, Sean (February 20, 2020). "Tracking the money race behind the Presidential campaign". NPR. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  14. ^ Aaron Blake. "Analysis | Bernie Sanders's biggest problem in the delegate race". Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "US election 2020: Bernie Sanders endorses ex-rival Joe Biden for president". BBC News. April 13, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.