IndependentNot in office · last served 2030Last on a ballot: Nov 2024
Bernie Sanders
Last held office: U.S. Senate, Vermont (2018–2030). Ran in 2 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 2.
- Last margin
- +31.1
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 2
- 2018–2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Sanders was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Sanders has run
Margin: how far Sanders finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | U.S. Senate, Vermont | General | Won | Gerald Malloy (R), Steve Berry (I), Matt Hill (L) | 63.2% | +31.1 | $8.2M |
| 2018 | U.S. Senate, Vermont | General | Won | Lawrence Zupan (R), Brad J. Peacock (I), Russell Beste (I) | 67.4% | +39.9 | $10.8M |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Campaign money, 2023–24
- Raised
- $8.2M
- Spent
- $7.2M
- Cash
- $10.7M
Source: FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024Updated Oct 8, 2026, 10:37 AM ET
Seats Sanders has held
- U.S. Senate, Vermont · 2018–2030
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Sanders has run against
- Gerald Malloy (R) · 2024 election, won
- Lawrence Zupan (R) · 2018 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 5 polls; Sanders’s best result was 75% (U.S. Senate in Vermont, 2018).
Sanders’s polls in the database →