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Bernie Sanders Signs Democratic Party Loyalty Pledge For 2020 Run

The Vermont senator, who serves as an independent and is running for president as a Democrat, is obliging with a new requirement from the Democratic National Committee.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has signed a pledge that he will govern as a Democrat if he is elected president in 2020.

Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has signed a loyalty pledge, promising to run and govern as a Democrat if he wins the presidency in 2020, a new requirement for candidates that largely grew out of his own 2016 campaign.

The pledge Sanders signed was

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