U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Tuesday requested a recount in the close Kentucky presidential primary against front-runner Hillary Clinton, state election officials said on Tuesday.
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Sanders told ABC’s “This Week” program that Americans should not have to choose between “the lesser of two evils” in the November 8 election. The Washington Post reports that the Clinton campaign has opened eight offices across the Golden State and is phone banking in seven different languages in an effort to stave off the insurgency started by Sanders.
“He’s in this until every last vote is counted and he’s fighting for every last delegate”, said Sanders’ spokesman Michael Briggs.
Also on Monday, Sanders won a major concession from Clinton and from the Democratic National Committee when they granted him five seats on the platform committee for the Democratic National Convention.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is up for reelection in Congress this year. “But if you want everything to be quiet and orderly and allow, you know, just things to proceed without vigorous debate, that is not what democracy is about”, he added. “But I think what’s important is we’re not going to let, at least my campaign, is not going to let Donald Trump try to normalize himself” when he doesn’t have an opponent. Clinton is targeting Latino and black voters, who have typically backed her candidacy is high numbers, as she campaigns across the state.
Clinton, meanwhile, signaled an openness to Sanders’ rough list of demands. He issued the statement after Clinton passed on taking part in a 10th debate against Sanders, this time in the state of California on the Fox News network. Sanders asked hundreds of supporters packed into a ballroom at the Anaheim Convention Center, which is directly across a busy thoughfare from Disneyland, billed as the “Happiest Place on Earth”.
“I don’t want to see the American people voting for the lesser of two evils”.
Tim Canova, a university law professor running his first political campaign, announced Monday that he raised more than $250,000 after Sanders endorsed his campaign over the weekend.
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“We believe that Hillary Clinton’s time is best spent campaigning and meeting directly with voters across California and preparing for a general election campaign that will ensure the White House remains in Democratic hands”, Palmieri said.
