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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont began drawing implicit contrasts with Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, as he played the liberal purist in throwing down policy gauntlet after gauntlet – a $15 minimum wage, $1 trillion for public works jobs, a “Medicare-for-all” system of universal health care — in his first campaign rally since declaring his candidacy last month.

Bernie Sanders of Vermont to kick off 2016 bid from Hillary Clinton’s left

For a vocal group of liberals who aren’t satisfied with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vermont’s self-described “democratic socialist” senator isn’t the candidate they want. But Bernie Sanders is the candidate they’re about to get.

Sanders threatens to crowd out O’Malley

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is moving fast to corner the market for a firebrand liberal alternative to Hillary Clinton in 2016 — complicating life for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.

O’Malley would like to position himself to the left of Clinton and capitalize on a perceived unease about the former secretary of State among progressives.

Even before Bernie Sanders announced he was running for president and even before he joined the campaign, Pete D’Alessandro was getting calls and resumes from people wanting to work for the Vermont senator.

Sanders, an independent from Vermont, drew support from 13% of likely Democratic primary voters, according to the poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center before Sanders’ announced his candidacy for president last month. The senator’s support doubled from a February poll by the same group that found 6% of Democratic primary voters supported the independent.

Bernie Sanders struggles to gain foothold early in presidential race

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders tested out his stump speech at a town hall meeting Tuesday, receiving enthusiastic applause and a standing ovation from the crowd with his calls to tax the rich and expand the federal safety net and benefits for other Americans — but most voters won’t hear about it.

Senators Running for President Face a Delicate Balancing Act

After Senator Marco Rubio announced his campaign for president in Miami last month, he did not catch the next plane to Iowa or New Hampshire. Instead, he raced back to Washington to attend a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on a bill giving Congress the power to weigh in on any nuclear deal President Obama reaches with Iran.