Bernie Sanders to run for fourth Sen­ate term in Ver­mont

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I‑VT) will seek a fourth term in the U.S. Sen­ate, putting to rest spec­u­la­tion over the pro­gres­sive icon’s polit­i­cal future.
At 82, Sanders is the sec­ond-old­est mem­ber of the Sen­ate, rais­ing ques­tions about whether he would retire. He had ruled out a third run for pres­i­dent, but left polit­i­cal watch­ers wait­ing until weeks before the May 30 fil­ing dead­line to announce his reelec­tion plans.
The Ver­mont inde­pen­dent promised to address the same issues that have defined his decades-long polit­i­cal career in a video announc­ing his deci­sion: uni­ver­sal health­care, cli­mate change, and chal­leng­ing cor­po­rate “greed.”
But he also cit­ed his gro …