The Vermont
independent senator's 2020 bid started off strong.
He narrowly
missed first place in Iowa before picking up wins in New Hampshire and Nevada.
All the
while, his campaign continued to rake in millions in small-dollar donations and
pack rallies full of supporters as he ascended to national front-runner status
amid a crowded Democratic field.
Running as
a progressive insurgent against Hillary Clinton in 2016, Sanders popularised
ideas like "Medicare for All."
In 2020,
however, a number of candidates backed similar policies, and he faced another
prominent progressive in Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who was the first
to propose canceling some student debt in April.
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