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Bernie Sanders has made more than $1.75 million from book royalties since 2016 - here's what we know about his wealth and assets

Feb 20, 2019, 00:27 IST

Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Vermont senator running for president for a second time in 2020, is worth as much as $2 million, according to one estimate.

Sanders makes $174,000 a year from his senator's salary, and in 2015, his total reported assets amounted to less than $750,000.

However, the senator's income has seen a jump in the past couple of years.

Sanders made more than $1 million for the first time in 2016, largely thanks to book royalties, which earned him about $868,000 that year.

He released "Our Revolution" in November 2016 and "Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution" in August 2017.

In 2017, Sanders made around $1.06 million, more than $880,000 of that from book royalties.

Sanders reportedly owns three homes, including a four-bedroom house in Chittenden County, Vermont, that he bought with his wife, Jane, for $405,000 in 2009.

The senator also owns a one-bedroom townhouse in Washington, DC that he bought in 2007 for $488,999.

In 2016, Sanders bought an 1,800-square-foot house on the shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont for $575,000.

Sanders served as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, from 1981 to 1989, a position that earned him about $33,700 per year.

He previously worked as a carpenter, a documentary filmmaker, and a writer.

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