Sanders thanks supporters, says campaign is about confronting 'ugly truths'
by: Ted Daniel Updated:
Sanders captured the Democratic primaries in Vermont and Oklahoma. His opponent, Hillary Clinton, won several states Georgia and Virginia.
He told the raucous crowd that it meant a lot to him that "the people who know me best" gave him a victory.
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He extolled the small-town virtues of Vermont, applauding the state's town halls which he said could not be corrupted by the billionaires trying to influence the political system.
He said his campaign was about confronting the "ugly truths" in the United States today.
After thanking the raucous crowd, which periodically chanted his name, he touted how far his campaign had come in the last 10 months.
And he vowed to "take our fight" to the 35 states that would have not yet voted by night's end.
He pledged to enact judicial reform, fix the nation's "broken" campaign finance system and he, once again, pledged a "political revolution" and said that he and his supporters would stand up to "billionaire class" that dominates the nation's political system.
Going into Super Tuesday, Clinton had held a 26-delegate advantage based on wins from primaries and caucuses.
Her delegate lead is actually much bigger when including superdelegates.
When including those party leaders, Clinton has at least 1,005 delegates. Sanders has at least 373. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the nomination.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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