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Liberal U.S. Senator Enters 2016 Presidential Race
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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/88/senator_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Liberal U.S. Senator Enters 2016 Presidential Race' data-article-id='320'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7417'>Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has entered the 2016 U.S. presidential race. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='7417' data-end-time='15583'>Mr. Sanders is 73 years old and the longest-serving independent in congressional history. </span> <span data-start-time='15583' data-end-time='20000'>He is a self-described democratic socialist.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='20000' data-end-time='28396'>Mr. Sanders announced Thursday at the U.S. Capitol that he will compete in the Democratic Party primary. </span> <span data-start-time='28396' data-end-time='34646'>He said that his campaign will center on the issue of income inequality.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/88/sanders_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question 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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has entered the 2016 U.S. presidential race.
Mr. Sanders is 73 years old and the longest-serving independent in congressional history. He is a self-described democratic socialist.
Mr. Sanders announced Thursday at the U.S. Capitol that he will compete in the Democratic Party primary. He said that his campaign will center on the issue of income inequality.
What does independent mean?
social change
an election
a lawyer
person who does not belong to a political party
Where is Sanders from?
New Jersey
Vermont
Illinois
Texas
Sanders is the longest serving independent in congressional history.