Sanders var den første partiuafhængige, der blev valgt til [[Kongressen (USA)|USA's Kongres]] siden Frazier Reams, der blev genvalgt for [[Ohio]]s 9. kongresdistrikt i 1952,<ref>{{cite news |last=Pertman |first=Adam |date=11. november 1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112214456/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294560914.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov%2011,%201990&author=Adam%20Pertman,%20Globe%20Staff&pub=Boston%20Globe%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=%27THE%20TIMES%20CAUGHT%20UP%27%20TO%20VERMONT%20SOCIALIST |access-date=2020-02-23|title='The Times Caught Up' To Vermont Socialist |work=Boston Globe|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/294560914.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov%2011,%201990&author=Adam%20Pertman,%20Globe%20Staff&pub=Boston%20Globe%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=%27THE%20TIMES%20CAUGHT%20UP%27%20TO%20VERMONT%20SOCIALIST |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-12 }}</ref> samt den første erklærede [[socialist]], der var blevet valgt i flere årtier.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/11/11/for-vermonts-sanders-victory-followed-long-path/36a3036c-d738-4039-a728-891ae9aba9f5/|title=FOR VERMONT'S SANDERS, VICTORY FOLLOWED LONG PATH|last=Daly|first=Christopher B.|publisher=The Washington Post|language=en-US|date=1990-11-11|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref> Han sad som medlem af [[Repræsentanternes Hus]] fra 1991 indtil han blev indsat som [[Senatet (USA)|senator]] i januar 2007.
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