Sen. Bernie Sanders (I‑VT) finds himself in a familiar position Tuesday — on the Vermont ballot — and vying for another term of elected office as he’s done for more than four decades.
Sanders is running unopposed in the 2024 primary Tuesday with no challengers from the Democratic or independent side, setting himself up for a fourth term in the Senate as he fashions himself as the progressive standard bearer for the country.
With President Joe Biden, 81, bowing out of the presidential race, Sanders, 82, is taking on the role of elder statesman as he nudges the next generation of Democratic Party leaders into a big government agenda.
Democratic strategist Brad Bannon told the Washington Examiner that Sanders’s decision not to seek the p …