United States Senator, Bernie Sanders, has made his intention to contest again for the US presidency public.
Sanders mounted a fierce challenge to front-runner Hillary Clinton in the run to secure Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2016.
The 77-year-old year announced his candidacy on Tuesday in an email to supporters.
Sanders vowed to push for many of the same issues that powered his 2016 bid and resonated with younger voters, including universal healthcare, raising the minimum wage, and free public college tuition.
“Our campaign is about creating a government and economy that works for the many, not just the few,” he wrote in the email, asking for one million people to sign up to start the effort.
Sanders will face competition from a number of Democrats who have already declared their intention; notable among them is Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
Sanders promised a “very different campaign” as he hopes to unseat President Donald Trump, a Republican.
The Vermont senator won a US House of Representatives seat in 1990, making him the first independent elected to the House in 40 years.
He won a U.S. Senate seat in 2006 and was voted in for a third six-year term in 2018.
