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Bernard Sanders
U.S. Senator

Bernard Sanders

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U.S. Senator (I) for Vermont, 85 years old, formerly mayor of burlington, vt., (1981–1989).

Tenure
Senator since 1991
Born
Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1941
Prior career
  • mayor of Burlington, Vt., (1981–1989)
Full biography

SANDERS, Bernard, a Senator and a Representative from Vermont; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 8, 1941; graduated from Madison High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.; B.S., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1964; faculty, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1989; faculty, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., 1990; carpenter; journalist; unsuccessful independent candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1972 and 1974; unsuccessful independent candidate for election for governor of Vermont in 1972, 1976 and 1986; mayor of Burlington, Vt., 1981-1989; unsuccessful independent candidate to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; elected as an independent to the One Hundred Second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 2007); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as an Independent to the United States Senate in 2006 for the term commencing January 3, 2007; reelected in 2012, 2018, and again in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031; chair, Committee on Veterans Affairs (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress), Committee on the Budget (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress), Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, and again in 2020.

Source: U.S. Congress Bioguide / public-record corporate filings.

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Public financial disclosure

Self-reported via the Senate EFD annual disclosure — values are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollars.

Disclosed net worth
⚑ 4 sector overlaps
$369.2K – $1.6M
Assets minus liabilities, summed across the 25+ disclosed positions.
Liabilities
$100K–$250K
Form
Annual Report
Filed
May 2025
Holdings in agency’s regulated sectors

Disclosed positions whose sector overlaps with this agency’s jurisdiction. Structural — not an accusation of wrongdoing. Cabinet officials typically divest these at confirmation.

  • TIAACREF Real Estate Sec Instl$15,001 - $50,000
    Real EstateRanking Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on 4 committees including Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions holds Real Estate-sector security; this committee has substantive jurisdiction over this sector.
  • M & T Bank$15,001 - $50,000
    Financial ServicesRanking Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on 4 committees including Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions holds Financial Services-sector security; this committee has substantive jurisdiction over this sector.
  • TIAACREF Social Choice Eq Instl$15,001 - $50,000
    Real EstateRanking Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on 4 committees including Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions holds Real Estate-sector security; this committee has substantive jurisdiction over this sector.
  • TIAACREF Mid-Cap Growth Retire$1,001 - $15,000
    Real EstateRanking Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on 4 committees including Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions holds Real Estate-sector security; this committee has substantive jurisdiction over this sector.
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Largest holdings
  1. 1.North Country Federal Credit Union$100,001 - $250,000
  2. 2.VALIC Fixed Account Plus$100,001 - $250,000
  3. 3.CREF Growth Account - R1$50,001 - $100,000
  4. 4.U.S. Federal Credit Union$50,001 - $100,000
  5. 5.TIAA Traditional Annuity$50,001 - $100,000
  6. 6.VALIC Socially Responsible$50,001 - $100,000
  7. 7.U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union$50,001 - $100,000
  8. 8.VALIC Small Cap Aggressive Growth$15,001 - $50,000
  9. 9.TIAACREF Real Estate Sec Instl⚑Real Estate$15,001 - $50,000
  10. 10.CREF Stock Account - R1$15,001 - $50,000
  11. 11.North Country Federal Credit Union$15,001 - $50,000
  12. 12.CREF Global Equities Account$15,001 - $50,000
  13. 13.United States Congressional Credit Union$15,001 - $50,000
  14. 14.M & T Bank⚑Financial Services$15,001 - $50,000
  15. 15.TIAACREF Social Choice Eq Instl⚑Real Estate$15,001 - $50,000
  16. 16.VALIC Small Cap Fund$15,001 - $50,000
  17. 17.VALIC American Beacon Broadway Large Cap$15,001 - $50,000
  18. 18.VALIC Inflation Protected Fund$1,001 - $15,000
  19. 19.TIAA Teacher's Personal Annuity Stock Account$1,001 - $15,000
  20. 20.CREF Inflation Linked Bond$1,001 - $15,000
  21. 21.CREF Equity Index$1,001 - $15,000
  22. 22.VALIC Intl Socially Responsible Fund$1,001 - $15,000
  23. 23.VALIC Small Mid-Growth Fund$1,001 - $15,000
  24. 24.CREF Bond Market Account - R1$1,001 - $15,000
  25. 25.Teachers Personal Annuity Fixed Account$1,001 - $15,000

Disclosed trades · 0

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Oversight committees · 5

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Recent legislative activity · 40 bills

20 sponsored, 20 cosponsored in the 119th Congress. Color-coded by sector — yellow chips mark bills that overlap a sector this politician has actually traded in.