MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont’s last two presidential candidates still can’t seem to agree about the future of the Democratic Party and the country.

Former Gov. Howard Dean, a 2004 candidate, declined to endorse his fellow Vermonter Sen. Bernie Sanders this year, opting instead for Hillary Clinton.

Now Sanders is returning the disfavor. Dean is running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, a post he held from 2005 to 2009.

Sanders, whom Clinton defeated in this year’s Democratic primaries, is endorsing liberal Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota for party chairman.

Interim chairwoman Donna Brazile is supposed to end her position early next year. Without a Democratic president to pick her successor, the committee will hold open elections for the post.

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