James Allen Hightower is an American syndicated columnist,progressive political activist,and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. He publishes a monthly newsletter that is notable for its in-depth investigative reporting,The Hightower Lowdown.
Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont,a seat he has held since 2007. He was the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007. Sanders is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history. He has a close relationship with the Democratic Party,having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career. A self-described democratic socialist,he is often seen as a leader of the progressive movement in the United States. Sanders unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and 2020,finishing in second place in both campaigns. Before his election to Congress,he was mayor of Burlington,Vermont.
Democracy for America(DFA) is a progressive political action committee headquartered in Burlington,Vermont. Founded by former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean in 2004,DFA leads public awareness campaigns on a variety of public policy issues,trains activists,and provides funding directly to candidates for office. The organization has more than a million members in the United States and internationally.
Nina Hudson Turner is an American politician and television personality. A member of the Democratic Party,she was a Cleveland City Council member from 2006 to 2008 and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2008 until 2014. Turner was the Democratic nominee for Ohio Secretary of State in 2014,but lost in the general election against incumbent Jon Husted,receiving 35.5 percent of the vote. A self-described democratic socialist,her politics have been variously described as progressive,left-wing,or far-left.
The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention,held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,from July 25 to 28,2016. The convention gathered delegates of the Democratic Party,the majority of them elected through a preceding series of primaries and caucuses,to nominate a candidate for president and vice president in the 2016 United States presidential election. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was chosen as the party's nominee for president by a 54% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call securing it over primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders,who received 46% of votes from delegates,and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated for president by a major political party in the United States. Her running mate,Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia,was confirmed by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.
Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and determine the nominee for president in the 2016 United States presidential election. The elections took place within all fifty U.S. states,the District of Columbia,five U.S. territories,and Democrats Abroad and occurred between February 1 and June 14,2016.
In the 2016 presidential campaign,Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders sought the Democratic Party's nomination in a field of six major candidates and was the runner up with 46% of the pledged delegates behind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,who won the contest with 54%. Sanders,the junior United States senator and former Representative from Vermont,began with an informal announcement on April 30,2015,and a formal announcement that he planned to seek the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States on May 26,2015,in Burlington,Vermont. Sanders had been considered a potential candidate for president since at least September 2014. Though he had previously run as an independent,he routinely caucused with the Democratic Party,as many of his views align with Democrats. Running as a Democrat made it easier to participate in debates and get his name on state ballots.
Jeffrey P. Weaver is an American political strategist who served as campaign manager for the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign and an advisor for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. He formerly served as the campaign manager for Sanders's 2006 United States Senate election and as chief of staff in Sanders's House and Senate offices. In August 2016,Weaver was named president of Our Revolution,a political organization created by Sanders,a position he held until June 2017. In May 2018,his book How Bernie Won:Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country was published.
College Students for Bernie (CSFB) was a grassroots organization dedicated to increase young voter participation,enhance progressive politics,and support Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential bid. At the organization's peak during the 2016 United States presidential election,there were over 200 chapters in universities across the United States.
Bernie Bro,collectively Bernie Bros,is a term coined in 2015 by Robinson Meyer of The Atlantic as a pejorative to describe young male supporters of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the 2016 United States presidential election. The term remained in use for the 2020 United States presidential election.
The 2016 Michigan Democratic presidential primary was held on March 8 in the U.S. state of Michigan as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The 2016 Oregon Democratic presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of Oregon as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Brand New Congress was an American political action committee with the mission to elect hundreds of new progressive congressional representatives in line with the campaign's political platform.
Our Revolution is an American progressive political action organization spun out of Senator Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign to continue its work. The organization's mission is to educate voters about issues,get people involved in the political process,and work to organize and elect progressive candidates. Our Revolution is also the title of a book by Sanders released in November 2016.
Our Revolution:A Future to Believe In is a book by U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders,published by Thomas Dunne Books in November 2016.
The People for Bernie Sanders is a grassroots movement that arose to support the candidacy of Bernie Sanders during the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign. People for Bernie,independent from the official campaign and largely organized via social media,grew to over 1 million followers on Facebook. Founded by Occupy Wall Street participants,People for Bernie Sanders became a major organizing force for progressive figures during the 2016 presidential campaign,responsible for coining the hashtag #feelthebern. People for Bernie is closely linked to other progressive groups like National Nurses United and Democratic Socialists of America.
The People's Summit was an annual conference in Chicago held by a group of progressive political organizations in the United States.
Veterans for Bernie Sanders was the national grassroots association of military veterans organized on behalf of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign. Vets for Bernie was independent from the official campaign and largely organized via social media,with more than 50,000 military members and over 100,000 followers on Facebook,Twitter,and Instagram. Founded by veterans of the Iraq war and Afghanistan war,Vets for Bernie became a key organizing force for progressives and military voters for the Sanders campaign.
