Bernie Sanders, former presidential candidate and leader of the progressive movement in the United States for decades, said this would likely be his last term in an interview with POLITICO. Sanders (I-Vt.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says his coming six-year term will likely be his last in the Senate. The lawmaker will be 89 at the end of it. “I’m 83 now,” he told Politico to questions about whether it will be his final one. “I’ll be 89 when I get out of here. You can do the figuring. I don’t know, but I would assume, probably, yes.”