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20 Things You Should Know About Jane Sanders

You know Bill Clinton and Melania Trump, now meet Jane.

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On Mar 29, 2017
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Meet Jane Sanders.

Jane Driscoll O'Meara Sanders.

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Bernie and Jane have been married for 27 years.

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They met in 1981.

The couple met the night he was celebrating his victory in the mayoral election in Burlington.

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They married in 1988.

They dated for seven years before tying the knot.

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At 64, she would be the 2nd oldest first lady ever.

The 1st being Anna Harrison, wife of President William Henry Harrison.

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She's Smart!

According to Bernie Sanders, Jane could debate former president Bill Clinton. “I would love for him to be debating my wife. She's pretty smart”.

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She was a director of Youth Services.

In the '90s she served almost 10 years as the director of youth services in Burlington, Vermont.

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She's been Bernie's press secretary and policy analyst.

Starting in the early 2000s.

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She is Bernie's key adviser.

The New York Times wrote in 2000 that Jane Sanders "has been a key adviser in his political career."

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She was once an education and politics consultant.

Before working at Burlington College, Sanders was an education and politics consultant at a Vermont-based firm.

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She's well educated.

She studied child development at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and later got her Master's in social work from Goddard College. She also received her PhD in Leadership Studies in Politics and Education from the Union Institute and University in 2000.

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When she was a young girl, her father was very ill.

She said her father's health only improved once her older brother offered to pay for it. For her, it was a political awakening to the role of money.

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Bernie and Jane have four children...

Levi, pictured, and three stepchildren.

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And seven grandchildren.

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She fell in love with Bernie hearing him speak.

"When I heard him speak, well, that was it" she says.

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She describes herself as a "thinker" and "empathetic".

“I’m a thinker. I think with empathy ... It’s more looking out at the people. And that includes the Republicans, you know the people that might be opposed to us. Trying to understand why is it that they want what they want. And then how do we find common ground.”

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Bernie and Jane grew up just blocks away from each other in Brooklyn.

Fifteen blocks, to be exact.

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Bernie says Jane is his soulmate.

Bloomberg reports that in 1996, Bernie spoke affectionately of his wife, saying, "Yes, she is a soulmate, a sounding board."

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And Jane loves Bernie.

On his character she says "I have seen Bernie deliver for the people that need him, no matter who the people were. And always, he does what is right."

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She could be the future First Lady.

You can support Bernie, and Jane (!) here: https://go.berniesanders.com/page/contribute/splash

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