Welch to Back Sanders, Giving Fellow Vermonter a Boost

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch today said he plans to vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders in Vermont’s March 1 presidential primary.



Welch, a Democrat from Norwich, told VPR’s Vermont Edition that he also will vote for Sanders as a superdelegate at the Democratic National Convention in July.



Despite Sanders’ home-state status in Vermont, several other prominent Democrats in the state, including U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Gov. Peter Shumlin, and former Gov. Howard Dean, are supporting Hillary Clinton.



In a visit to the Valley News earlier this week, Welch said Sanders has been “tapping into really a core concern of the Democratic base, and that’s income inequality, it’s about wage stagnation, it’s about the economy not working for everybody.”



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