ENDORSES HIM

The campaign of Bernie Sanders announced the senator has qualified for the Maine Democratic presidential primary on the same day he was endorsed by Iowa's largest progressive community organization.

A Monday press release announced Sanders had submitted 2,800 signatures, which exceeded the number required to place the Vermont legislator on the ballot by 40 percent. The campaign collected the signatures needed in one day.

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The Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) also announced on Monday they will formally endorse Sanders at a press conference on December 5. In an email to its members, the Iowa CCI Action Board President, Cherie Mortice, wrote why the organization was endorsing Sanders for a second time since 2016.

"Some 2020 Presidential candidates have been embracing or acknowledging movement politics. But only one of them has been doing it for decades, just like Iowa CCI Action and our sister organization Iowa CCI," Mortice said. "That's why Iowa CCI Action is endorsing Bernie Sanders. We're standing with Bernie because Bernie stands with us."

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