In the last few months, Bernie Sanders has rolled out a number of endorsements for down-ballot progressives running for the House. | Getty Sanders gears up for the revolution's next stage

Now that he's endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, Bernie Sanders is gearing up to launch a set of liberal organizations aimed at continuing his push for a "political revolution."

One of the groups will be focused on crafting policy while another one will be devoted to recruiting and boosting liberal candidates to run for office, according to a source with knowledge of the plans. Potentially, a third organization would be some kind of political action committee focused on registering new voters.


While details are still being hammered out, the Vermont senator alluded to his steps to continue pushing the Democratic party to the left and build out his own progressive infrastructure in his speech Tuesday endorsing the presumptive Democratic nominee.

"Our goal will be to advance the progressive agenda that we believe in and to elect like-minded candidates at the federal, state and local levels who are committed to accomplishing our goals,” Sanders said at a joint rally with Clinton in New Hampshire.

Sanders and his wife Jane Sanders discussed starting the groups with Charles Chamberlain, the executive director of Democracy for America. The Vermont senator and his wife received encouragement to start the organizations from Chamberlain, according to DFA spokesman Neil Sroka.

Candidate recruitment would be the biggest asset these groups could contribute to the progressive cause, said Adam Green, the co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

"Their biggest value-add will likely be in candidate recruitment. Ideally, there would be dozens of groups working hard to elect progressives down ballot because it is really hard work," Green said Wednesday. "In general, activists aren't as energized about down-ballot candidates as they are about a presidential race — but if the Sanders operation can transfer one iota of the energy they've seen this year to down-ballot progressives, that would be great."

In the last few months, Sanders has rolled out a number of endorsements for down-ballot progressives running for the House. He's backed Tim Canova, the primary challenger to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Washington state Sen. Pramila Jayapal; Lucy Flores in Nevada; and Zephyr Teachout in New York. He's also endorsed former Sen. Russ Feingold, who's running to replace Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin.

News of the senator's plans was first reported by The Washington Post.