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This R&D provides resources on Bernie Sanders presidential candidacy.  Sanders, who represents Vermont as an independent (he identifies as a socialist), declared that he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination last week.  This makes him the second official entrant into the Democratic field.  It is expected that Sanders will challenge front-runner Hillary Clinton from the left and try to make her more a progressive candidate before she enters the general election.  Observers believe that Sanders, who is seventy-three, has very little chance of winning the Democratic nomination.